Quotes about Boundaries

When you need to set boundaries . . . They are the kind [of people] who work their way into people's homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires. 2 TIMOTHY 3:6

Godly accountability is never codependency.

The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. Psalm 16:6

Stay out of my salsa and I'll stay out of yours. This is key to long-lasting relationships in Texas.

A person cannot be whole in a relationship where he or she feels powerless to make healthy choices.

I think the simplest advice I could give would be to wait until asked before giving advice.

But when our children are adults and making many decisions on their own without input from us, we see all the possible serious consequences of making the wrong ones. And we also see how we will be paying for those wrong decisions right along with them. When we observe life happening to our adult children in a challenging way, we want to help them. But how much is way overboard, and how little is not enough?

Rules without relationship leads to rebellion.

We should never use spiritual activities as a way to grab for more intimacy than is appropriate for our relationship.

Intimacy without commitment, like icing without cake, can be sweet, but it ends up making us sick.

Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.

Do not make your mind a dumping ground for other people's garbage.