Quotes About Boundaries

We are only constrained by the boundaries of our imagination

Be careful whom you confine in.

When you engage in people pleasing you are out of integrity with yourself, your goals, your dreams and your life's mission.

Actions without a dream serve you no purpose, Dreams without action merely pass the time, however, a Dream set into motion….the future has no boundaries.

Nobody can treat you like a liability without your approval

I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once - then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further.

You're not going to like everyone, and not everyone is going to like you. It's a statistical impossibility. So don't fret over it, and don't feel guilty or insecure about it.

I don't know how to make you happy without making me unhappy.

One did not visit another person's home lightly. Such a visit invariably expanded the dimensions of a relationship. p 86

Don't let others You get involved in their Problems, but let them involved into Your Peaceful Mind.

The most problems are behind walls.

Stop trying to protect, to rescue, to judge, to manage the lives around you . . . remember that the lives of others are not your business. They are their business. They are God's business—even your own life is not your business. It is also God's business!' Frederick Buechner

She saw every relationship as a pair of intersecting circles. The more they intersected, it would seem at first glance, the better the relationship; but this is not so. Beyond a certain point the law of diminishing returns sets in, and there aren't enough private resources left on either side to enrich the life that is shared. Probably perfection is reached when the area of the two outer crescents, added together, is exactly equal to that of the leaf-shaped piece in the middle.

There was something about other people's grief that was so exposing, so personal, that she felt she shouldn't be looking.

You don't have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.

you don't have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.

When a man only rings you late at night, when he only wants to see you late at night, when he doesn't take you out for dinner, or introduce you to his friends, or spend any time or attention on you, then this is not a relationship. This is sex.

I can tell just by looking at her that she needs to know she can push me and that when she does, I won't crumple. I know the look by now. Submissive women who crave dominance need this from time to time, and Diana's no exception. I've likened it to a blind man finding his way in an unfamiliar room; once he knows where the walls are, his boundaries, he can move more freely.

Tree It is foolish to let a young redwood grow next to a house. Even in this one lifetime, you will have to choose. That great calm being, this clutter of soup pots and books-- Already the first branch-tips brush at the window. Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.

Mindful of the boundaries between us and our grown children, we make the effort to take the differences between us less personally

Connection can take many forms. It can be as simple as saying "I love you and the answer is no

It is important to note that this does not mean allowing children to rule the home.

Asking an older child, "Would you like a hug?" or "May I give you a hug?" will help give them a sense of control over their bodies.

will feel obliged to cruise up to the boundaries you've set and test them occasionally, just to make sure they're firmly in place.