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… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
Rearing a family is probably the most difficult job in the world. It resembles two business firms merging their respective resources to make a single product. All the potential headaches of that operation are present when an adult male and… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
You have all played a significant part in my development of loving. As a result, my life has been rich and full, so I… — Virginia Satir Copy Share
Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others… — Virginia Satir Copy Share
Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who understand, values… — Virginia Satir Copy Share
The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person. — Virginia Satir Copy Share
I regard (parenting) as the hardest, most complicated, anxiety-ridden, sweat-and-blood-producing job in the world. Succeeding requires the ultimate in patience, common sense, commitment, humor,… — Virginia Satir Copy Share
Put together all the existing families and you have society. It is as simple as that. Whatever kind of training took place in the… — Virginia Satir Copy Share
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… — Virginia Satir Copy Share
I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt. — Virginia Satir Copy Share
I have talked about choosing rather than acting from compulsion. When you feel that you have to live according to someone else's direction or… — Virginia Satir Copy Share
I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood… — Virginia Satir Copy Share
