{"author":"Virginia Satir","author_id":"Virginia+Satir","total_quotes":12,"quotes":[{"text":"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.","author":"Virginia Satir","tags":["sad","parents","child "],"id":4679,"author_id":"Virginia+Satir"},{"text":"What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.","author":"Virginia Satir","tags":["past","parent","her "],"id":8258,"author_id":"Virginia+Satir"},{"text":"I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it -- I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes. Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know -- but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me. However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.","author":"Virginia Satir","tags":["inspirational","philosophy"],"id":10255,"author_id":"Virginia+Satir"},{"text":"We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.","author":"Virginia Satir","tags":["be-yourself","self-determination","self-perception"],"id":24057,"author_id":"Virginia+Satir"},{"text":"We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.","author":"Virginia Satir","tags":["believe","learn","new "],"id":47407,"author_id":"Virginia+Satir"},{"text":"So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.","author":"Virginia Satir","tags":["parenting","parents","responsibility"],"id":249673,"author_id":"Virginia+Satir"},{"text":"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.","author":"Virginia Satir","tags":["world","people","learn "],"id":260950,"author_id":"Virginia+Satir"},{"text":"We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.","author":"Virginia Satir","tags":["day","growth","survival "],"id":264480,"author_id":"Virginia+Satir"},{"text":"Problems are not the problem coping is the problem. ","author":"Virginia Satir","tags":["problems","problem","coping "],"id":267847,"author_id":"Virginia+Satir"},{"text":"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.","author":"Virginia Satir","tags":["family","mistakes","rules "],"id":333492,"author_id":"Virginia+Satir"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":12,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}