125 quotes found
“I want to remind pastors and leaders that we do not own the churchGod does. We aren't called to serve the church from a place of fear with our primary focus on protecting our boundaries. We are cal...”
“Recognizing that the boundaries of the market are ambiguous and cannot be determined in an objective way lets us realize that economics is not a science like physics or chemistry, but a political e...”
“I like that: a little pressure on the understood boundaries of yourself. Sounded like something out of a self-awareness class, probably with yoga. See what kind of a pretzel you can tie yourself in...”
“If youre lying to everyone you know, including yourself, at every possible turn, is a little upheaval really the worst that could happen to your life right now?”
“Contacting and living from our True Self is the central task of personal growth.”
“Maybe that was one of the problems with these men who lived forever, they'd built up an immunity or resistance to affection. Perhaps because when everyone they knew and loved continued to die, they...”
“The need itself is not the call. ”
“Some boundaries are sacred.”
“And our desire to knowEach other and desertEach other for newCenters of meaning so thatThe boundaries may reignAnd in doing so be undone.”
“We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.”
“Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears.”
“If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you 'do' boundaries with your kids, they internalize the experiences, remember them, digest them, and make them...”
“Don't go overboard in praising required behavior: 'We have only done our duty' (Luke 17:10). But do go overboard when your child confesses the truth, repents honestly, takes chances, and loves open...”
“Training moments occur when both parents and children do their jobs. The parent's job is to make the rule. The child's job is to break the rule. The parent then corrects and disciplines. The child ...”
“Be honest with who you are, what you want and how you want to be treated. Boundaries only scare off the people that were not meant to be in your life.”
“Ego likes comfort zones, safety, familiarity, boundaries, limits, a god who stays put in a box, and the known vs. the unknown. Ego can be a wimp. Unlike what most people believe, ego is not about t...”
“When I ask French parents what they most want for their children, they say things like "to feel comfortable in their own skin" and "to find their path in the world." They want their kids to develop...”
“We're bound by our desire to be right.”
“Tolerance is nothing more than patience with boundaries.”
“Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.”
