Elliott Smith Quotes

I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.

You're only lonely if you're not there for you.

You can't be everybody's friend, you can't save the world, I learned this word: self-preservation. Once you do that, you can be friends with people, but how would you be a friend to anybody if you're not a friend to yourself.

What women need to understand is that you cannot save a child if you can't save yourself.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows. When you pinpoint that you are responsible for everything that happens to you, it is very frightening.

There's nobody who cares more about you than you, and there's nobody better equipped to take care of you than you.

Once you just tell yourself, 'OK, I'm going to have a breakdown right now, and I'm going to cry for an hour, put my phone away. I'm going to go swimming, and then I'm gonna make my family dinner and lay on the couch and watch 'Ru Paul's Drag Race,'' once you accept that it's not the day and you can just have a breakdown, you're over it.

I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me.

Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors.

I've been angst-ridden all my life, but finally I'm in a place where things don't matter so much.

I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.

I don't have to go around trying to save everybody anymore; that's not my job.

I think beauty shows exteriorly what you are feeling inside; so if you are not in a great mood, it shows on your face a lot.

I read about human psychology, practise balance, and accept that everything and everyone in our lives is transient. One day, people will criticise you, and the next day, they will praise you.

I'm always dealing with this sadness. I don't want to be Morrissey or anything, but it is a thing I deal with it. Every day, when I wake up, I have to make a decision to fight this depression. That sounds horrible but I'm fine with it; it's who I am; it's my life. I try not to let it cripple me.

I admire how she protects her energy and understands her limitations.

It is not selfish or narcissistic to love yourself. It is your first and foremost responsibility.

I ain't done nothing wrong, but love thy self. And harm other niggaz that wanna stop my health.

Learn to accept your limits and you'll become a happier person.

If I don't love myself, I won't survive.

I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle

I am beginning to respect the apathetic days. Perhaps they're a necessary pause: better to give in to them than to fight them at your desk hopelessly; then you lose both the day and your self-respect. Treat them as physical phenomena -- casually -- and obey them.