Are you looking for another way to say take care of yourself? You might want to use the phrase “take care of yourself” on a friend, partner, child, colleague, crush, or loved one but want to say it differently.

Maybe someone said “take care” to you and you want to craft the right response. Then this article has you covered.

I remember my parents telling me to take care of myself and even other people. But the phrase I mostly hear is “take care” and not “take care of yourself”.

Table of Contents

• Take good care of yourself meaning
• Another way to say take care of yourself
• Sweet ways to say take care 
• How to say take care in different ways
• Another way to say take care and be safe
• How to say take care of your health in different ways
• How to say take care to someone
• Another word for taking care of someone
• How to say take care of yourself and your family
• Reply to take care
• Please take care of yourself quotes
• Take care of your body quotes
• Take care of yourself messages
• Take care of yourself message for my love
• Take care of your body bible verse
• Take care of yourself bible verse

Take good care of yourself meaning

Take good care of yourself has different meanings depending on who is saying it and in what context. 

If your parent says take good care of yourself, it means you must be careful and not do anything irresponsible. They want what is best for you so they wish for you to always be safe, to be mentally and physically well.

If someone you have wronged says take good care of yourself, they mean tread carefully, always watch your back.

When a friend or a lover or loved one says take good care of yourself at a point of departure, it means go well or remain well. In other words, they are saying please look after yourself because they care so much about you.

Another way to say take care of yourself

• Look after yourself
• All the best.
• Be careful.
• Be responsible.
• Be safe.
• Best wishes
• Careful.
• Don’t neglect yourself.
• Don’t overwork yourself
• Eat well.

• Exercise caution.
• Enjoy responsibly.
• Fend for yourself.
• Get well soon.
• Get some rest.
• Guard yourself.
• Hope you stay safe.
• Love yourself.
• Pamper yourself.
• Please take good care of yourself.

• Praying for your safety.
• Protect yourself.
• Put yourself first.
• Rest your body.
• Secure yourself.
• See you.
• Show yourself love.
• Stay safe.
• Stay true to yourself.
• Support yourself.

• Sustain yourself.
• Take care.
• Take care of your body.
• Take care of your life.
• Take time for yourself.
• Take time to yourself.
• Try to rest your body.
• Watch out.

Sweet ways to say take care

• Bye for now.
• Catch you later.
• Cheerio
• Ciao (used as a greeting at meeting or parting.)
• Ciao bella (Informal Italian expression meaning goodbye beautiful to a woman)
• Ciao bello (Italian expression used by woman to a man to say goodbye)
• Don’t be a stranger.
• Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.
• Don’t do anything silly.
• Don’t let anyone bring you down (Used when trying to console someone)
• Don’t work too hard.

• Farewell.
• Get home safe.
• Get some ‘me-time’
• Go and put your feet up (this means go and relax, get some rest)
• Go easy on yourself!
• Go easy.
• Go steady.
• Godspeed.
• Keep in touch.
• Keep it real.

• Later.
• Peace.
• Please get some rest.
• Please look after yourself.
• Please stay this way.
• Put yourself first.
• See you 
• See you around.
• See you later
• Stay healthy.
• Stay lovely.

• Stay out of trouble.
• Stay positive.
• Ta ta.
• Take care of number 1 (number 1 refers to yourself being the main priority).
• Take it easy.
• Talk soon. 
• Toodles.
• TTFN (is short for ta-ta for now. It is a way of saying “goodbye” or, more casually, “see ya later.”)
• Wish you well.

Read more: Another way to say it was a pleasure meeting you

How to say take care in different ways

• Be careful.
• Focus on your recovery.
• Have a blessed day.
• Have a good one.
• Have a great day.
• Have fun.
• Hope you feel better soon.
• I care for you.
• Look after yourself
• Look out.
• Love you.
• Protect yourself.
• See you.
• Stay safe.
• Take care of yourself.
• Take it easy.
• Wishing you good health.

Another way to say take care and be safe

If you are parting with someone or they are already miles apart, you might want to say to them take care and be safe. This shows that you care so much about their well-being and safety. Here is another way to say take care and be safe.

• Be free from danger.
• Be in safe hands.
• Be on the safe side.
• Be safe and sound.
• Be well always.
• Come back in one peace.
• Don’t get yourself into trouble.
• God protect you.
• Have a safe trip.
• I care about you, stay safe.
• Look after yourself and stay alive.
• May no harm come your way.
• Play it safe.
• Please be careful.
• Please look after yourself.
• Stay out of danger.
• Stay out of trouble.
• Take care and be protected.
• Take good care and stay safe.
• Take precautions.

How to say take care of your health in different ways

Sometimes we tend to prioritize work and other things and neglect our health. Or someone might be sick and you want them to focus on their recovery. So you might want to say to them take care of your health but in a different way. 

• Be in good health.
• Feel better soon.
• Gain strength.
• Get some rest.
• Look after your health.
• May you be in good health.
• Praying for you. 
• Prioritise your health.
• Recover first.
• Take good care of your body.
• Watch your health.
• Wishing you a speedy recovery.
• Wishing you well health wise.

Read more: 150+ Wishing you a speedy recovery prayer message

How to say take care to someone

• It’s been a while since we last spoke. Hope you are still in good spirits. Take care.
• It was lovely talking to you. Take care and don’t forget to keep in touch.
• We will meet again sometime next week. Take care.
• Go have fun with your friends. Take care of yourself.
• You seem too tired. Your wellbeing is important. Please take care of your health.
• Please look after yourself, we still love you and want you back home in one piece.

Another word for taking care of someone

• Attending to someone.
• Babysitting him or her.
• Be responsible for someone.
• Caring for someone.
• Guarding someone.
• Keeping an eye on someone.
• Keeping someone safe.
• Looking after someone.
• Ministering to someone.
• Nursing someone.
• Protecting somebody.
• Providing for someone.
• Sitting with someone.
• Supervising someone.
• Supporting someone.
• Tending to someone.
• Watching someone.

How to say take care of yourself and your family

• Look after yourself and your family.
• Be safe with your family.
• Take good care of you and your household.
• May you and your family be in good health.
• Be protected always.
• Have a safe journey with your loved ones.

Reply to take care

Has someone said take care to you and you are wondering how to reply to them? You can say the following:

1. Take care as well.

If someone says take care, this response is always fitting. By saying take care as well you are wishing the same for him or her. 

2. Of course, thank you.

This is also a good reply since you are acknowledging the person’s words and also thanking them for it. 

3. Thank you, you too.

By responding with the words “thank you, you too” you are showing appreciation and also telling them to also take care. 

4. Sure, I will.

This reply shows that you accept their take care wishes, and you are also assuring them that you will do so. 

5. Thank you, have a good day.

After someone has said take care you can reply and say “thank you, have a good day or evening.” This shows acknowledgement and you are also wishing them a good day. 

6. Take care of yourself too.

This reply shows that you are wishing the same for them or you care for them, equally.

7. I will, don’t worry.

Sometimes our loved ones worry about us and when you reply and say “don’t worry, I will” you are telling them that they should not stress because you will be fine. 

8. I always do.

This is a funny and friendly response to give when your partner or family member tells you to “take care.” 

9. Thanks, Goodbye

When someone says take care at the end of the call or while leaving you can say “thanks, goodbye”. 

10. Thanks for your good wishes or I appreciate it.

If someone says take care because they are wishing good health for you, this can be a good reply. 

Read more: Another way to say best wishes for the future

Please take care of yourself quotes

#1. “You are a VIP, a very important person so take care with self-care. If not you, who? If not now, when?”– Toni Hawkins

#2. “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.”– Etty Hillesum

#3. “An empty lantern provides no light. Self-care is the fuel that allows your light to shine brightly.”– Unknown

#4. “Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.”– Christopher Germer

#5. “How do you define ‘taking care of yourself’? Create a new self-care practice today. Observe your comfort level when it comes to being good to yourself. Discomfort is a wise teacher.”– Caroline Myss and Peter Occhiogrosso

#6. “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”– Anne Lamott

#7. “Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.”– Deborah Day

#8. “Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”– Edward Stanley

#9. Learning to love yourself is like learning to walk—essential, life-changing, and the only way to stand tall.”– Vironika Tugaleva

#10. “If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”– Jack Kornfield

#11. “People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous, and kind; they express their self-confidence through humility, forgiveness, and inclusiveness.”– Sanaya Roman

#12. “Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.”– Anna Taylor

#13. “Accept yourself. Love yourself as you are. Your finest work, your best movements, your joy, peace, and healing come when you love yourself. You give a great gift to the world when you do that. You give others permission to do the same: to love themselves. Revel in self-love. Roll in it. Bask in it as you would sunshine.”– Melodie Beattie

#14. “Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”– Bell Hooks

#15. “There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.”– Brian Andreas

Take care of your body quotes

#1. “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn

#2. “Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners” – William Shakespeare

#3. “Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.” – Thomas Jefferson

#4. “Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.” – Denis Waitley

#5. “The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.” – Morihei Ueshiba

#6. “Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn’t formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.” – Lee Haney

#7. “Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” – John F. Kennedy

#8. “To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.”– Gene Tunney

#9. “The human body is the best picture of the human soul.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein

#10. “Your body is the church where nature asks to be reverenced.” – Marquis de Sade

Take care of yourself messages

#1. You might be miles apart but you are constantly in my thoughts. I hope all is well with you. Take care of yourself.

#2. I hope you arrived safely and you are settling in well. Please take good care of yourself.

#3. The place is not the same without you. I am missing you so much. Please take care of yourself.

#4. Wishing you a speedy recovery my friend. Take care.

#5. Don’t overwork yourself, do your best, and live the rest. Take care of yourself as your happiness matter to me.

#6. Be fair to yourself, take care of yourself; you definitely worth it.

#7. I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you. Take care of your health.

#8. Tomorrow you will be driving long distance in unfamiliar territory. Have a safe trip and please look after yourself. 

#9. It was a pleasure meeting with you today. Looking forward to meeting you again. Take care.

#10. Even when life seems hard please don’t forget to bring out that smile and take care of yourself. In due time, everything else will work out.

Take care of yourself message for my love

#1. I want you to always take good care of yourself for me because you mean the world to me. I love you dearly.

#2. Success and joy and peace of mind is all I wish for you today and always. Take care of yourself, my love.

#3. Please take care of yourself, my love because your joy and gladness mean so much to me, just as you mean more than words could express. I love you with all my heart.

#4. A few years ago I never knew that my life was going to change forever. I’m glad that you’re in my life. Please take care, missing you so much. 

#5. You’re my one true and only love and not a day goes by without you invading my thoughts. You’re so precious to me. Please take care of yourself for me. 

Take care of your body bible verse

Do you want to know what the bible says about taking care of your body or taking care of yourself? Then read these scriptures:

1. 1 Timothy 4:8

“For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.”

2. 3 John 1:2

“Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.”

3. Luke 21:34

“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.”

4. 1 Corinthians 10:31

“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

5. 1 Corinthians 3:16

“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.”

6. Romans 12:1

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”

7. Ephesians 5:29

“For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church”

8. 1 Timothy 5:23

Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

9. Isaiah 58:11

“And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.”

10. 1 Corinthians 6:18

“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.”

11. 1 Corinthians 9:27

“But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.”

12. Matthew 6:25

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?”

Take care of yourself bible verse

1. James 1:27

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

2. Mark 6:31

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

3. Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

4. 1 Peter 5:7

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

5. Matthew 6:22-23

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

6. Proverbs 11:17

A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.

7. Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

8. Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

9. Matthew 22:37-39

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

10. Genesis 2:15

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

11. Exodus 23:12

“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.