Virginia Satir Quotations

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.

Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy.

Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.

Families and societies are small and large versions of one another. Both are made up of people who have to work together, whose destinies are tied up with one another. Each features the components of a relationship: leaders perform roles relative to the led, the young to the old, and male to female; and each is involved with the process of decision-making, use of authority, and the seeking of common goals.

You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.

No one's fingerprints are exactly the same as anyone else's.

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.

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.

A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole.

The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.