Quotes about Boundaries

In India, I learned a proverb that may seem somewhat heartless: "The tears of strangers are only water." It means we are obligated to help only our own; if others have a problem, we wish them well, but it's their problem.

It makes me wonder how many people have damaged their own lives by mistaking enablement for grace?

90 percent of people's problems could be prevented if they'd choose healthier people to give their hearts to.

What goes on in the other person's soul is none of your business. All you're responsible for is your soul, nobody else's.

Rushed relationships are not healthy.

A Sales Funnel Controls the Pace of the Relationship In a relationship, you talk about things on a fourth or fifth date you might never talk about on a first date.

We cannot control how others feel and react. Even though we should understand feelings, there are some things that are out of our control, and some decisions we can only make for ourselves.

Because we're not free when there are no boundaries-we're in great danger.

Because we're not free when there are no boundaries—we're in great danger.

No, it's not wrong to need people. But some of our biggest disappointments in life are the result of expectations we have of others that they can't ever possibly meet. That's when the desire to connect becomes an unrealistic need. Unrealistic neediness is actually greediness in disguise.

Don't allow the unrealistic demands of others to march freely into your life.

Don't allow the unrealistic demands of others to march freely into your life.