More Quotes by Virginia Satir
We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.
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.
Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.
Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.
The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
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.
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.
Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
