50 Funny Self-Care Quotes to Help You Feel Good

While making time to care for yourself can feel daunting or overwhelming, there’s plenty to smile about. This round-up of funny self-care quotes can help you smile, feel inspired, and ready to care for yourself.

Ever since I can remember, I’d write down funny, sassy, and inspiring quotes in my notebook to help me move through whatever emotion I was feeling. So consider this list of quotes a virtual notebook of sorts, packed with funny self-care quotes to help you feel more motivated.

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The power of quotes for your self-care

Finding the right quote can help ignite and inspire your journey. Whether it’s self-care, self-love, relationships, or motherhood, quotes can have a powerful way of speaking to our soul and help us feel seen and validated in our experience.

So, if you’re on the hunt for some funny self-care quotes to help inspire and encourage your self-care practice, you’re in the right place. Pick out a few, write them in your journal, or print them out to keep the messages nearby.

50 funny quotes about self-care

I hope these quotes make you chuckle bring a smile to your face. Never underestimate the power of laughter – it’s a powerful form of self-care. 😉

1.
I’m too busy working on my own grass to notice if yours is greener.
UNKNOWN

2.
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including yourself.
ANNE LAMOTT

3.
I’m staying home today. I have mood poisoning.
UNKNOWN

4.
Stop shrinking to fit places you’ve outgrown.
UNKNOWN

5.
If it costs you your peace of mind, you’ve overpaid.
RIGEL J. DAWSON

6.
This looks like a ‘no, thanks’ to me.
UNKNOWN

7.
I do a thing called ‘what I want.’
UNKNOWN

8.
A wise woman once said, “fuck this shit” and lived happily ever after.
UNKNOWN

9.
Talk to yourself like someone you love.
UNKNOWN

10.
This is my cup of care. Oh, look, it’s empty.
UNKNOWN

11.
Know your worth, and then make sure to add tax.
Unknown

12.
Do no harm. Take no shit.
Unknown

13.
They say good things take time, so that’s why I’m always late.
Unknown

14.
Be good to your skin. You’ll wear it every day for the rest of your life.
RENEE ROULEAU

15.
I am not an early bird or night owl; I’m some sort of permanently exhausted pigeon.
UNKNOWN

16.
Resting is a part of the process, even if it’s not a part of the plan.
CARLEY SCHWEET

17.
When they say, “it runs in the family,” respond with, “this is where it runs out.”
UNKNOWN

18.
I think you’re doing a beautiful job figuring some heavy shit out.
UNKNOWN

19.
Self-care is the greatest middle finger of all time.
UNKNOWN

20.
Be loud about the things that are important to you.
UNKNOWN

21.
Self-care is giving the world the best of you instead of what’s left of you.
KATIE REED

22.
So she set boundaries and began to rebuild her life.
UNKNOWN

23.
Get in, loser; we’re healing and falling in love with ourselves again.
UNKNOWN

24.
She will rise with a spine of steel and roar like thunder, she will rise.
NICOLE LYONS

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25.
RIP to all the hours I spent explaining myself to other people.
UNKNOWN

26.
Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.
UNKNOWN

27.
Never apologize for being a powerful fucking woman.
UNKNOWN

28.
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.
A.A. MILNE

29.
Do not pour your sunshine into someone who does not think of you as their sky.
UNKNOWN

30.
People who wonder if the glass is half full or half empty miss the point. The glass is refillable.
UNKNOWN

31.
Be messy, complicated, and afraid. And show up, anyway.
GLENNON DOYLE

32.
There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.
RUMI

33.
She remembered who she was, and the game changed.
LALAH DELIAH

34.
The hardest part of the journey is believing you are worthy of the trip.
GLENN BECK

35.
If you’re waiting for a sign, this is it.
UNKNOWN

36.
If it costs you your peace, it’s too expensive.
UNKNOWN

37.
Givers need to set limits because takers rarely do.
IRMA KURTZ

38.
You don’t have to set yourself on fire to keep others warm.
UNKNOWN

39.
She had no fucks to give, not even one. And she lived happily ever after.
UNKNOWN

40.
Be enough for yourself first. The rest of the world can wait.
F.W.

41.
Current status: distancing myself from bullshit.
UNKNOWN

42.
I didn’t forget where I came from; I just realized I couldn’t stay there.
UNKNOWN

43.
I stopped waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel and lit that bitch up myself.
UNKNOWN

44.
Don’t forget to drink water and get some sun. You’re basically a houseplant with more complicated emotions.
UNKNOWN

45.
Sometimes you just need to lie on the couch and read for a couple of years.
UNKNOWN

46.
Relationship status: committed to growth, self-love, and inner peace.
UNKNOWN

47.
A glowing woman can help other women glow and still be lit.
UNKNOWN

48.
I think we should start calling our mistakes ‘growth spurts’ instead.
CHERYL HALE

49.
Remember, you can’t pour from an empty cup.
UNKNOWN

50.
Strong women don’t have attitudes; they have standards.
UNKNOWN

Which quote did you love most?

Comment and tell me your favorite! Or, do you have a funny quote about self-care to add to the list? Make sure to share it with me below.

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Allison says:

July 6, 2023 at 3:41 am

‘I am not an early bird or night owl; I’m some sort of permanently exhausted pigeon’ is from artist Gemma Correll

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- carley says:
  
  July 9, 2023 at 3:10 am
  
  Thank you so much for letting us know. We will get that updated!
  
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