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More Quotes by Virginia Satir
Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.
We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.
We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.
The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.
People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty
It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By the time children are old enough to observe, the romance has all too often faded or gone underground.
Parents teach in the toughest school in the word: The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, theclassroom teacher, and the janitor, all rolled into two. . . . There are few schools to train you for your job, and there is no general agreement on the curriculum. . . . You are on duty, or at least on call, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for at least 18 years for each child you have. Besides that, you have to contend with an administration that has two leaders or bosses, whichever the case may be.
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.
