Quotes by Virginia Satir

Virginia Satir

Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.

Breaths

Communication

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don’t realize what messages they are sending.

Children

Expression

Self Worth

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

Appreciation

Family

Motivational

I know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context.

Cells

Change

People

I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.

Engineers

I Can

Okay

I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.

Appreciate

Judgement

Judging

In the nurturing family…parents see themselves as empowering leaders not as authoritative bosses. They see their job primarily as one of teaching their children how to be truly human in all situations. They readily acknowledge to the child their poor judgment as well as their good judgment; their hurt, anger, or disappointment as well as their joy. The behavior of these parents matches what they say.

Children

Hurt

Jobs

It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.

Feels

Responsible

Way

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.

Children

Nice

Parenting

Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy. . . . I have often said to parents, “If it isn’t illegal, immoral, orfattening, give it your blessing.” We do much better . . . if we find and support all the places we can appropriately say yes, and say only the no’s that really matter.

Blessing

Giving

Support

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Appreciation

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Being Unique

Believe

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Change

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Communication

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Deals

Differences

Eight

Engineers

Expression

Family

Feels

Fingerprints

Fit

Freedom

Given

Giving

Hug

Hurt

I Can

Inspirational

Jobs

Judgement

Judging

Learning

Learning Something New

Littles

Love

Marriage

Mean

Motivational

Negative Experiences

Nice

Okay

Opportunity

Pain

Parent

Parenting

People

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Problem

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Quotes by Virginia Satir

Virginia Satir

Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don’t realize what messages they are sending.

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

I know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context.

I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.

I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.

It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.

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.

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