Quotes about Respect

What we need is boundaries, not barriers.

Healthy relationships don't feel threatening. Loving relationships don't feel cruel. Secure relationships don't feel as if everything could implode if you dared to draw a boundary.

We must respect ourselves enough to break the pattern of placing unrealistic expectations on others. After all, people will not respect us more than we respect ourselves. No, it's not wrong to need people. But some of our biggest disappointments in life are the result of expectations we have of others that they can't ever possibly meet.

Boundaries are simply clearly stated parameters that provide a safe structure for communication and the health of a relationship.

I have to remember that giving honor reveals more about my character than the character of the other person.

Let your love for your friends, who are standing with you, and your love for the Lord, who wants you to honor Him in the way you treat your body, make you think it over.

Tackle issues not people. Am I trying to prove my point or improve the relationship?

Love can be unconditional but relational access never should be. Notice that the words sin and iniquity

We must respect ourselves enough to break the pattern of placing unrealistic expectations on others. After all, people will not respect us more than we respect ourselves.

placing unrealistic expectations on others. After all, people will not respect us more than we respect ourselves.

When we worship God, we reverence Him above all

Love can be unconditional but relational access never should be