Quotes About Boundaries

At every turn, give five good reasons for saying no.

Because we fear other people's reactions and don't know how to respond, we allow them to violate our limits and boundaries.

In order to stop giving ourselves away and have fair and open relationships with others, we must learn how to communicate our limits and boundaries honestly and effectively.

Teasing is veiled hostility and is almost never funny, unless the teasee has openly agreed to relate that way.

Pace yourself in your work and commitments. Nobody is indispensable. And when you get sick, honor your body by giving it the rest and medical attention that it's asking for.

Being co-dependent means we consistently put others' needs, wants, and demands before our own—in other words, emotional dependence.

We get off the guilt train by reminding ourselves that we are not responsible for other people's happiness.

Rin: "You realize you two are trespassing, don't you? This place is my territory, get it? And anyone who comes into my territory without permission...has to pay a toll!" Akira: "Toll...?" Keisuke: "A...a girl??" Rin: "Sorry to break it to you...but I'm packing!" Keisuke: "P-packing...? What? !@*?!!

Our kids must learn that "no" means "no" and not "maybe, if you throw a temper tantrum, whine, or threaten to run away." It will be difficult if they did not learn this when they were young. If they have been subtly calling the shots and manipulating their parents, change will be hard and will take longer. But it is never too late to do what is right.

If you want information from me, you'll explain why. If you're unwilling to do that, then you can just trot your arrogant carcass out of my office and quit wasting my time. I have work to do.

I try to keep my professional life and my actual kid social life separate.

Anything which interferes with my social life is a no-no.

Social media demands a lot of us on top of our already demanding lives. So let's disconnect as we need to and renew our interest and ourselves.

Fashion's a huge part of my life, but I don't necessarily feel comfortable always talking about clothes on my personal social media.

I don't have social media. I don't have Facebook or Instagram or Snapchat.

How can we be free when we are prisoners to social media, in a world without privacy? How can we be free when our every movement is tracked and every conversation is recorded and can easily be held against us? How exactly are we free if we are tethered to our cell phones?

I like sharing my family with my fans, but my son hates it. Like, I am literally blocked on all his social media.

If your social media addiction comes between your relationship, you might want to quit.

Social media... I need to get with it. Obviously it's what everyone's doing, but I like the idea of my life being mine. But at the same time, it would be awesome to be able to get into contact with people who admire my work.

We do a lot of things that kind of annoy people and our fan base. We try not to get overloaded on it. For us, that means we don't do social media stuff - we have an Avenged Sevenfold social media, but none of the band members have Facebooks or any sort of Twitter.

You realize that as much as you want to socialize with the people on the set, or you want to, after a day shooting, joke around or whatever. Somehow, with playing Jesus, this doesn't happen. You actually need to decompress and be on your own and prepare on your own. It never happened to me before.

I can't stay within the constructs of societal expectations.

Parallel societies are exactly that: They exist side by side and rarely meet.

I just feel my sexuality is private. I'm very shy about being sexy. That part of me has been so closed to the public eye. I've sold millions of records with my clothes on.