More Quotes by Virginia Satir
You have all played a significant part in my development of loving. As a result, my life has been rich and full, so I leave feeling very grateful.
Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and what happens to him in the world about him.
I give life to that which I notice. What I don't notice dies.
Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Rearing a family is probably the most difficult job in the world. It resembles two business firms merging their respective resources to make a single product. All the potential headaches of that operation are present when an adult male and an adult female join to steer a child from infancy to adulthood.
I feel that adolescence has served its purpose when a person arrives at adulthood with a strong sense of self-esteem, the ability to relate intimately, to communicate congruently, to take responsibility, and to take risks. The end of adolescence is the beginning of adulthood. What hasn't been finished then will have to be finished later.
People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty
It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.
