Boundaries Quotes

I actually pushed the boundaries on how long a book like this [The Thorn and the Blossom] can be. The original plan called for two 7,500 word stories, and I turned in two 10,000 word stories.

Three problems we have: lack of boundaries, insufficient language, incompletions.

I ran straight through the boundaries a married couple should live by.

In my opinion in art nothing can go too far as long as you don't physically hurt people or animals. Art is there to push boundaries. I love it when my work freaks people out but it's all fake!

I’m a bit of a goofball; I don’t have a lot of censors and I don’t have a lot boundaries and I’m trying to remember that the world is watching.

I think we are living in a time, where as a whole, as a community, people do want to push the boundaries.

Everyone always says that having kids is messy and sloppy. It's true, but you as a parent have to try to bring some boundaries and control over that experience, or you'd have out-of-control kids.

Global terror does not respect national boundaries.

Teaching the child to treat boundaries seriously teaches the child to respect the rights and needs of others. Thinking of another's needs creates empathy.

The only boundaries we have are in form. There are no obstacles in thought.

Too much of anything, even a good thing, may prove to be our undoing...[We] need ...to set definite boundaries on our appetites.

In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between them, there are doors.

I am infinite. I only create my boundaries with my thoughts.

A broken soul doesn't invest in boundaries because the world has crossed them, without mercy.

Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.

No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others.

You can'tassume i'min bad shapejust becausei've run out ofthe energy toimpressyou.

I want to hear the wind in the trees. Feel the sun warm my back. I want to see birds fly in a sky with no boundaries.

To enjoy the beauty of the world, don’t try to fit in. Try to fly out of your perceived boundaries.

War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.

The best traveler is one without a camera.

Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of any relationship is your responsibility. You do not have to passively accept what is brought to you. You can choose.

If we're highly empathetic and emotionally sensitive we're at greater risk of becoming involved with a manipulator.

Beware of relationships that substitute intensity for emotional intimacy.

Selfishness is self-absorption, self-seeking behaviour that either disregards the rights and needs of others or tramples them deliberately in favour of personal gain.

Abuse can take many forms. It always involves a boundary violation, although every boundary violation is not necessarily abuse.

Boundaries protect the things that are of value to you. They keep you in alignment with what you have decided you want in life. That means the key to good boundaries is knowing what you want.

The most basic boundary-setting word is “no.” It lets others know that we exist apart from them and that we are in control of ourselves.

Boundaries are easier to manage when your values are well-defined.

We think that boxes take everything that’s bad and they lock all that nasty stuff out, when in reality they take everything that we are and they lock all of those great things in.

Sometimes it's about standing in your power.

This is true freedom: to be capable of leaving ourselves, crossing the boundaries of our little world to open up the universe.

Sometimes the only way to gain someones favor is to stop giving them yours.

Sometimes the only way to gain someone's favor is to stop giving them yours.

To find beauty, look above the boundaries of conformity.

You may be born thousands of years from now, but over the boundaries of time I am sending you my love and wishing you a joyful and wonderful life.

As I acknowledge the boundaries within myself, I am given plenty of opportunities to reinforce them.

A life lived without borders is a life lived in captivity

The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you.

Families living in dysfunction seldom have healthy boundaries. Dysfunctional families have trouble knowing where they stop and others begin.

Boundaries represent awareness, knowing what the limits are and then respecting those limits.

If no one has boundaries…how can there be any transgression?

It is not about proving anything to the world. It is all about proving your capabilities to yourself and stretching your own boundaries.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves,  even when we risk disappointing others.

Should' assumes that when either willingness or ability is lacking, it may be compensated for by an abundance of the other. This is simply not realistic.

It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.

Individual cultures and ideologies have their appropriate uses but none of them erase or replace the universal experiences, like love and weeping and laughter, common to all human beings.

Looking at my life through the lens of history has made me increasingly grateful to standout women who pushed those boundaries to make the changes from which I have benefited.

To me, the haircut represented beauty and strength, that I was a woman who would live her life without the boundaries imposed upon her by other people.

God is gathering a small number of chosen people who will live within the boundaries these times