More Quotes by Virginia Satir
Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
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.
As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.
I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.
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 want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.
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.
The symbol in Chinese for crisis is made up of two ideographs: one means danger, the other means opportunity. This symbol is a reminder that we can choose to turn a crisis into an opportunity or into a negative experience.
