More Quotes by Virginia Satir
I know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context.
Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it.
We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.
The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.
Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.
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 think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself.
