It is often said that in order to be happy, one must give to others. And it just so happens that science agrees with that little piece of conventional wisdom, but with a bit of a caveat. Yes, putting lots of energy into making your loved ones as content as possible will put a wide smile on your face, but it’s also going to give you baggy eyes. We tend to forget that, but luckily there are many quotes about focusing on yourself to remind us.
Not everyone’s energy is infinite, and sooner or later you’ll want to spend some of it on yourself. Make at least one of your dreams come true, or take some time for self-care. If we don’t pursue our personal goals, then how are we to grow as people? If we don’t nourish who we are, how are we to give to others?
So without further ado, here are 39 quotes about focusing on yourself.
39 Quotes About Focusing on Yourself
Quotes About Inward Focus and Self-improvement
1. “The first step is the hardest ― making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.” ― Mary Kay Ash
2. “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” ― M. Scott Peck
3. “You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.”
4. “The more you focus on you, the better you become.” ― Doe Zantamata
5. “Stay focused on your goals, your peace, and your happiness. Don’t waste your time on anything that doesn’t contribute to your growth.”
6. “Fall in love with the process of becoming the very best version of yourself.” — Shruti Gaja
7. “I heard you were focusing a little more on yourself, and worrying a little less about everyone else. That’s beautiful.”
8. “The key to happiness is really progress and growth and constantly working on yourself and developing something.” — Lewis Howes
9. “Focus on you, until the focus is on you.”
10. “Stop caring so much about what people think. Focus on you and on becoming the best version of yourself.”
11. “Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better.” — Bohdi Sanders
12. “The only thing I’m committed to right now is bettering myself.”
13. “Just look at yourself in the mirror and focus on what you need to do to get better.” — Choo Freeman
14. “Real change will come when you focus on yourself.” — Ritu Ghatourey
15. “Your life only gets better when you do. Work on yourself and the rest will follow.”
Quotes About Focusing More on Yourself and Less on Others
16. “It is not for me to judge another man’s life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.” ― Hermann Hesse
17. “Focus on yourself. Some people just don’t deserve to have you in their life and there’s nothing you can do to bring them back to reality.”
18. “If you focus on yourself you will never have time to judge other people.”
19. “Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.” ― Lao Tzu
20. “Let people do what they need to do to make them happy, mind your own business, and do what you need to do to make you happy.”
21. “It doesn’t matter what others are doing. It matters what you are doing.”
22. “Focus on yourself. Don’t get lost in other people.”
23. “Focus on your opinion of yourself and not the opinion others have of you.” ― Winnie Harlow
24. “Before you can successfully make friends with others, first you have to become your own friend.” ― Stephen Richards
25. “Everything in life is easier when you don’t concern yourself with what everybody else is doing.”
26. “Be a witness, not a judge. Focus on yourself, not on others. Listen to your heart, not to the crowd.”
Quotes About Focusing on Yourself to Overcome Self-Doubt
27. “The more you are like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.” — Walt Disney
28. “Beginning today, set an intention and a relentless focus on living your life as the greatest person you can be, in all situations.” — Brendon Burchard
29. “Leap off the fence of indecision. Get out of the ‘Want to Lane’ and put yourself into the ‘Got to Lane.’” — Gloria Mayfield Banks
30. “The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday. You do that by focusing on what you can do today to improve and grow.” — John Maxwell
31. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” — Vincent van Gogh
32. “Being selfish isn’t always a bad thing. Sometimes it just means that you know you have to focus on yourself to get to where you want to be.”
33. “Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy.” — Stephen Fry
34. “Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” — Clint Eastwood
35. “Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.” — Maxwell Maltz
36. “You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.” — Yogi Bhajan
37. “How to be successful: focus on your own life.”
38. “Successful people never worry about what others are doing.”
39. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw
Closing Words
Although the world around us is an objective reality, we can only perceive it through our own eyes. And when our perception is cloudy due to stress, self-doubt, or simply us stretching ourselves too thin, we see life in a much less flattering light. There’s no reason for things to be that way. We hope that these quotes about focusing on yourself will help you realize that, if only for a little bit.
