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Social And Health Care Assistant Inspirational Quotes (52)

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You have all played a significant part in my development of loving. As a result, my life has been rich and full, so I leave feeling very grateful.
Virginia Satir
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My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a point where if we don't get busy on dreams of this sort, our end is in sight. We need a world that is as good for human beings as it is for technology.
Virginia Satir
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We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.
Virginia Satir
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The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
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I am me and I am okay.
Virginia Satir
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The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.
Virginia Satir
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The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
Virginia Satir
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Problems are not the problem coping is the problem.
Virginia Satir
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I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.
Virginia Satir
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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.
Virginia Satir
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Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.
Virginia Satir
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It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.
Virginia Satir
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The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
Virginia Satir
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I feel that adolescence has served its purpose when a person arrives at adulthood with a strong sense of self-esteem, the ability to relate intimately, to communicate congruently, to take responsibility, and to take risks. The end of adolescence is the beginning of adulthood. What hasn't been finished then will have to be finished later.
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I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.
Virginia Satir
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Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
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There are five freedoms: The freedom to see and hear what is The freedom to say what you feel and think The freedom to feel what you actually feel The freedom to ask for what you want The freedom to take risks on your own behalf.
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Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.
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Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.
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So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.
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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.
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We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.
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People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty
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It is now clear to me that the family is a microcosm of the world. To understand the world, we can study the family: issues such as power, intimacy, autonomy, trust, and communication skills are vital parts underlying how we live in the world. To change the world is to change the family.
Virginia Satir
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