Quotes from Virginia Satir

Life is not the way it's supposed to be, it's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference

Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who understand, values and develops her body, finding it beautiful and useful; a person who is real and is willing to take risks, to be creative, to manifest competence, to change when the situation calls for it, and to find ways to accommodate to what is new and different, keeping that part of the old that is still useful and discarding what is not.

The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.

So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.

Problems are not the problem: coping is the problem.

Life is not the way it's supposed to be, it's the way it is. The way you cope with that is what makes the difference.

Life is not what it's supposed to be.It's what it is.The way you cope with it is what makes the difference

To see and hear what is here, instead of what should be, was, or will be. To say what I feel and think instead of what I should. To feel what I feel instead of what I ought. To ask for what I want instead of always waiting for permission. To take risks on my behalf, instead of choosing to be safe and not rock the boat.

Each morning when you wake up, bow three times before the mirror and say, "The world is a better place because I am here.

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them. The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand and to touch another person. When this is done I feel contact has been made.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

Los niños necesitan que sus padres sean sus amigos tanto como un balazo.

Cred c? cel mai mare dar pe care l-a? putea primi de la cineva este s? fiu v?zut?, ascultat?, in?eleas? ?i atins?.

Modul în care adul?ii î?i folosesc puterea sau influen?a depinde în mare m?sur? de ceea ce au înv??at în familie, pe când erau copii.

A mature person is one who, having attained his majority, is able to make choices and decisions based on accurate perceptions about himself, others, and the context in which he finds himself; who acknowledges these choices and decisions as being his; and who accepts responsibility for their outcomes.

Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it.

A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole.