Quotes about Boundaries

Guys can't tell girls what to do. That's an unspoken rule. Learn that now and you'll be way ahead of the game.

We tend to seek captivity because we are used to seeing freedom as something that has neither frontiers nor responsibilities.

You will only be loved and respected if you love and respect yourself. Never try to please everyone; if you do, you will be respected by no one.

We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive. We suffer because our love is going unrecognized. We suffer because we are unable to impose our own rules.

Never try to please everyone; if you do, you will be respected by no one.

You can empathize without sympathizing.

We can make a strong unconditional commitment to ourselves to take care of our deepest needs, no matter what other people do or don't do.

You need confidence to stand up for yourself in the face of the other's reaction. You need power to be able to follow through on your No if the other refuses to respect it.

Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise and determinate boundary.

Most relationship issues are solved with one thing: setting boundaries. See the problem for what it is, set a boundary, and follow through despite how hard the person tries to break the boundary and how much it hurts to hold fast.

Seems to me that most relationship issues are solved with one thing: setting boundaries. See the problem for what it is, set a boundary, and follow through despite how hard the person tries to break the boundary and how much it hurts to hold fast.

It's impossible to satisfy everyone, and I suggest we all stop trying.