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Quotes About Boundaries

Lines are drawn, but then they fade. For her I bend, for you I break.
~ Colleen Hoover, Maybe Someday
Family are people who never earn your respect or love but demand it nevertheless.
~ Greg Keyes, The Blackgod
This is why I choose not to have real-life girlfriends. I can't even pretend without starting a fight.
~ Colleen Hoover, November 9
You can't do everything for everyone, not even for yourself. It's okay to ask for help when you need it.
~ Scott Stabile
Learn to value yourself enough to walk away from the crap in life and never settle for less than you deserve.
~ Parul Wadhwa, The Masquerade
He needs "space" and "time, " as if this were physics and not a human relationship.
~ Kathryn Stockett, The Help
Sacrifices made for love are fine, unless the sacrifice is you.
~ Kellie Elmore
If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do.
~ Vironika Tugaleva
I didn't answer. We were not buddies. We could not chat about the proximity of our offices, or football, or forgiveness.
~ Kimberly Novosel, Loved
You can't expect a wolf to play with you and not eventually bite.
~ Melody Lee, Moon Gypsy
Don't stay because you think you can change him.You can't change him.Maybe work on changing yourself so you don't feel compelled to stay with menlike him in the first place.
~ Scott Stabile
The important thing is for me to feel love towards my fellow human beings—and sometimes, that has to be at a distance.
~ Vironika Tugaleva
It took me a long time to learn the difference between working on a healthy relationship and wasting my time on a long goodbye. Never again!
~ Steve Maraboli
At some point you have to stop crossing oceans for those who wouldn't jump puddles for you.
~ Nick Dee
The greatest win is walking away and choosing not to engage in drama and toxic energy at all.
~ Lalah Delia
May your love never become an obsession.
~ Ahmed Mostafa
If they don't like you for who you are, it means they're not meant to be in your life.
~ Izey Victoria Odiase
When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
People inspire you, or they drain you. PICK THEM WISELY.
~ Hans F. Hasen
Be careful of broken people. Their sharp edges may cut you.
~ nickiesha reid
You are the sole owner of your heart, so be careful of whom you give access to.
~ Gift Gugu Mona
You can only be your brother's keeper if he allows you
~ Ikechukwu Izuakor
Don't you kids get any ideas about dragging a trailer into the backyard. after you graduate from high school, i don't want to see you again.
~ Alison Bechdel
The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you.
~ David W. Earle