Quotes about Boundaries
I also heard a good metaphor from a rancher. He was talking cows, but I think it works with people too. He explained that there are two ways to keep your cows together. One is by building fences and gates. The other is by creating a really good food source. When you create a really good food source in the center, you don't have to worry as much about all the gates and fences and who's in and who's out.
— Shane Claiborne
The only thing that can spoil a day is people and if you can keep from making engagements, every day has no limits.
— Ernest Hemingway
Time is a measure of space, just as a range-finder is a measure of space, but measuring locks us into the place we measure.
— Frank Herbert
I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part of my energy. Nor to any achievement of mine. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need. "I wished to come here and say that I am a man who does not exist for others.
— Ayn Rand
It's safer knowing more about people than they know about you.
— Barbara Kingsolver
I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
— Stephen Covey
No one can hurt me without my consent.
— Stephen Covey
No one can hurt you without your consent." In the words of Gandhi, "They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.
— Stephen Covey
No one can hurt you without your consent.
— Stephen Covey
There may be times when you just have to love people from a distance.
— Joel Osteen
The more we learn to love and respect ourselves, the more we will become attracted to people who will love and respect us and who we can safely love and respect.
— Melody Beattie
No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.
— Eleanor Roosevelt