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20 Inspirational Quotes on Boundaries

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Do you ever find yourself putting other people’s needs before your own? Or maybe being a people pleaser? I hope the following 20 quotes on boundaries can inspire you to start to take back your power and live a whole-hearted life.

20 Inspirational Quotes on Boundaries

Following are 20 quotes on boundaries to help inspire you to create boundaries with courage –

“Lack of boundaries invites lack of respect.” ~ Anonymous
“The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.” ~ Tara Brach
“When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated.” ~ Brené Brown
“Boundaries define us. They define what is me and what is not me. A boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins, leading me to a sense of ownership. Knowing what I am to own and take responsibility for gives me freedom.” ~ Henry Cloud
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say ‘No’ to almost everything. ” ~ Warren Buffett
“No is a complete sentence.” ~ Anne Lamont
“It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.” ~ Mandy Hale
“Your personal boundaries protect the inner core of your identity and your right to choices.” ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins
“Who you are is speaking so loudly that I can’t hear what you’re saying.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be judgmental, tactless, blaming or cruel when we speak our truths.” ~ Melody Beattie
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ~ Maya Angelou
“No one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.” ~ Marianne Williamson
“Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
“Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have. ” ~ Anonymous
“You get what you tolerate.” ~ Henry Cloud
“Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal, and necessary.” ~ Doreen Virtue
“You best teach others about healthy boundaries by enforcing yours.” ~ Bryant McGill
“We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.” ~ Henry Cloud
“You have the right to say ‘No’ without feeling guilty.” ~ Manuel J. Smith
“Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They’re compassionate because their boundaries keep them out of resentment.” ~ Brené Brown

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75 Boundaries Quotes About Setting Limits in Your Relationships

March 20, 2023August 31, 2022 by Rebel Jones

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If you’re a ‘Yes’ person, it can be difficult to set boundaries. Pleasing other people becomes a priority, and in doing so, you often put your own wants or needs aside.

‘Yes, I’ll work overtime tonight, no problem.” Or “Yes, I can cancel my plans. It wasn’t a big deal anyway”, even though, deep down, it was a big deal.

Though you may find it hard to admit, the lack of boundaries is leaving you open to overcommitting and undervaluing your own needs. And that’s not OK.

It’s time to sit down and reassess the boundaries, or rather lack of them, in your life. The sooner you establish some ground rules, not only for yourself but for the people around you, the sooner you’ll find yourself saying “Yes” to a happier you.

And to help you get started, we’ve put together 75 boundaries quotes about setting limits in your relationships.

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Why Should You Set Boundaries in Your Relationships?

It’s great to see other people get what or where they want to be in life. And it’s even better knowing you’ve helped them get there. But not at the cost of your own wellbeing.

If you spend all of your time, and use all of your energy on other people, what’s left for you? At the end of each day, when you’re exhausted, both physically and mentally from aiding others, where do you fit in?

Quite simply, without being assertive, without setting strong boundaries, and living by then, you don’t. Your wants will become less warranted; your needs less important.

And all because the thought of saying “No” leaves you feeling uneasy.

But why? You should be able to say “Not tonight, sorry” or “I’m busy, maybe another time” without opening up the flood gates of anxiety and guilt. It’s OK to put yourself first.

And this is something that too many people forget, especially in relationships. Whilst it’s great to be there for each other, setting boundaries gives a clear insight as to what is and isn’t OK.

It brings comfort, respect, and understanding, all of which are key elements within a healthy relationship. And guess what? If you’re partner, your friend, or even your family can’t accept your boundaries, then they aren’t accepting you. And that’s not a good place to be.

Now is the time to pull on brave pants and say “No”. No to hindering your life whilst helping others. And no to just doing what everyone else wants or expects.

So let’s get started with these boundaries quotes.

75 Boundaries Quotes About Setting Limits in Your Relationships

“No is a complete sentence.” – Anne Lamont
“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.” – Brené Brown
“It is how we create firm boundaries and allow others to know who we are and what we value.” – John Earle
Accept that setting boundaries with other people is not going to make you popular. Once you set a boundary, stand by it. Remain strong in the truth that by setting boundaries against mistreatment, you are aligning with the higher, positive, and loving way of living. ” – Unknown
“Boundaries need to be communicated first verbally and then with actions.” – Henry Cloud

“Setting emotional boundaries prevent people from manipulating you, using you, and playing with your feelings.” – Remez Sasson
“Lack of boundaries invites lack of respect.” – Unknown
“Boundaries represent awareness, knowing what the limits are and then respecting those limits.” – David W. Earle
“Boundaries are, in simple terms, the recognition of personal space.” – Asa Don Brown
“Speak in your own voice about the things that matter to you.” – Marty Rubin
“I’m very clear with my boundaries…I hope I do influence other women to set better boundaries for themselves,” – Amy Schumer
“Saying NO can be the most empowering word if you struggle with codependency, abusive relationships or low self-esteem.” – Unknown
“Families living in dysfunction seldom have healthy boundaries. Dysfunctional families have trouble knowing where they stop and others begin. ” – David W. Earle
“Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” – Anna Taylor
“Be honest with who you are, what you want and how you want to be treated. Boundaries only scare off the people that were not meant to be in your life.” – Shannon L. Alder
“Power for me is ‘no.’ That’s when you know your worth, when you know your value. And that’s power for me.” – Taraji P. Henson
“Whatever you are willing to put up with is exactly what you will get.” – Unknown
“There are reasons to set boundaries for yourself, but there are also reasons to keep doors open” – Ashley Graham

“You can be a good person with a kind heart and still say NO to people.” – Unknown
“Setting boundaries is your responsibility. People will continue to do what you allow. You get to decide what is and what isn’t allowed in your life. ” – Unknown
“You create your mental boundaries, your mental walls, but you can free yourself, and soar high, beyond your beliefs, your thoughts and your mental attachments.” – Remez Sasson
“If you’re offended by my boundaries, then you’re probably one of the reasons I need them.” – Steve Maraboli
“The only people who get upset about you setting boundaries are the ones who were benefiting from you having none.” – Unknown
“People who violate your boundaries are thieves. They steal time that doesn’t belong to them.” – Elizabeth Grace Saunders
“You get what you tolerate.” – Henry Cloud
“Individuals set boundaries to feel safe, respected, and heard.” – Pamela Cummins
“No one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.” – Marianne Williamson
“When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated.” – Brene Brow
“Boundaries are easier to manage when your values are well-defined. ” – Joe Jordan

“Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.” – Amy Dickinson
“When you set personal boundaries you feel stronger as you act on your boundaries.” – Unknown
“Make good boundaries your goal. They are your right, your responsibility, your greatest source of dignity.” – Elaine N. Aron
“Healthy boundaries are not walls. They are gates and fences that allow you to enjoy the beauty of your own garden.” – Lydia Hall
“Givers need to set limits because takers rarely do.” – Rachel Wolchin
“A lack of boundaries invites a lack of respect.” – Unknown
“You best teach others about healthy boundaries by enforcing yours.” – Bryant McGill
“Power for me is ‘no.' That's when you know your worth, when you know your value. And that's power for me.” – Taraji P. Henson
“Setting boundaries is a way of caring for myself. It doesn’t make me mean, selfish, or uncaring just because I don’t do things your way. I care about me, too.” – Christine Morgan

“Emotional self-defense… When you set healthier relationship standards in your life, some people will take it personally. That’s their issue, not yours. The distance isn’t against them; it’s for you. It’s a boundary, not a grudge.” – Steve Maraboli
“To me, self-care does not mean going to the spa. It's learning to say no.” – Tracee Ellis Ross
“A healthy boundary is one where each person understands that they have their own thoughts and feelings and can maintain a curiosity about the other person's thoughts and feelings without making assumptions.” – MacMillan
“It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.” – Mandy Hale
“Poisonous relationships cloud your vision. I wasted a lot of time adjusting my personal boundaries and justifying disrespect when it would have been so much easier (and a lot less painful) to simply adjust my life to their absence.” – Steve Maraboli

Poisonous relationships cloud your vision. I wasted a lot of time adjusting my personal boundaries and justifying disrespect when it would have been so much easier (and a lot less painful) to simply adjust my life to their absence.” – Steve Maraboli

“When someone oversteps your boundaries, they’re letting you know that what you want doesn’t matter.” – Phil Good
“You are not too nice. You are just too afraid to say no and honor your boundaries.” – Xavier Dagba
“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.” – Adelyn Birch
“I’ve gotten much better at saying ‘no’, setting boundaries, and stating my own needs.” – Unknown
“Boundaries were necessary for a successful relationship. Most relationships aborted in the boundary defining stage. Not because people demanded what they needed. But because they didn’t, then got resentful about it. ” – Karen Marie Moning
“Personal boundaries, if you feel comfortable saying something about yourself and you say it, and someone doesn’t like it, that’s their problem. Don’t let who you are be up for debate.” – Jenna Ryan
“In order to thrive and be successful, you have to be able to set boundaries.” – Oprah Winfrey
“You have the right to say ‘No’ without feeling guilty.” – Manuel J. Smith
“I set boundaries not to offend you but to respect myself.” – Unknown
“Being able to say “No” is a necessary ingredient in a healthy lifestyle.” – David W. Earle
“Set and enforce your personal boundaries.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“Boundaries aren't all bad.” – Unknown
“Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious and you get to decide how you use them. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” – Anna Taylor
“The hardest part about setting boundaries with people, no matter who they are, is not feeling confident in our authority to do so. As long as you realize that setting boundaries is necessary for healthy relationships, you will feel better defining and keeping them.” – Tamera Mowry-Housley
“When you say ‘yes’ to others, make sure you’re not saying ‘no’ to yourself.” – Paul Coelho

“Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal, and necessary.” – Doreen Virtue
“Stop allowing people to disrespect your right to say no and enforce boundaries as a form of self-care…” – Tasha McCray
“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.” – Deborah Day
“Create boundaries. Honor your limits. Say no. Take a break. Let go. Stay grounded. Nurture your body. Love your vulnerability. And if all else fails, breathe deeply.” – Aletheia Luna
“People who violate or cross your boundaries by being cruel, insensitive, thoughtless, abusive, rude or disrespectful should not be a part of your life. You deserve love, dignity and respect. People who willingly and knowingly cross boundaries have mental issues that need to be dealt with.” – Unknown
“Stop asking why they keep doing it and start asking why you keep allowing it.” – Unknown
“It feels great to be connected to people, but having boundaries is so important.” – Selena Gomez
“Emotional self-defense is an act of WISDOM. Building personal boundaries is an act of STRENGTH. Anyone who tells you differently is often the reason we need both.” – Steve Maraboli
“If you have to ask to be treated right, you are around the wrong people. On the other hand, if you allow this behavior to enter into the relationship from the start, it can and will continue, and will be very difficult to change up later. Set your boundaries sooner than later.” – Christine E. Szymanski
“Boundary setting helps you prioritize your needs over other people’s wants.” – Lauren Kenson

“I swear to God, the second I learned how to say ‘no,' I felt that was the best anti-aging I could do for myself. ” – Gabrielle Union
“Walls keep everybody out. Boundaries teach them where the door is.” – Mark Groves
“Guard your heart, mind and time. Those three things will determine the health of everything else in your life.” – Andrena Sawyer
“Your personal boundaries protect the inner core of your identity and your right to choices.” – Gerard Manley Hopkins
“Honoring your own boundaries is the clearest message to others to honor them, too.” – Gina Greenlee
“Each time you set a healthy boundary, you say ‘yes’ to more freedom.” – Nancy Levin
“Having healthy boundaries not only requires being able to say “no”, but also being willing and able to enforce that “no” when necessary.” – Jessica Moore

Final Thoughts on Setting Boundaries

Whilst setting boundaries may feel like a daunting task, it’s an important part of self-care. You are defining what is and isn’t OK. And you are outlining how you expect others to treat you.

Take some time to work on your own boundaries and remember, that this is about you and not what other people want. Try using these short, positive affirmations and start working on a more self-assertive you.

And if you want more inspirational quotes, be sure to check out these blog posts:

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Finally, if you want to use these quotes to make a lasting change to your life, then check out and recite these 57 affirmations for success.

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Quotes about the border.

Sayings, aphorisms and quotes about boundaries.

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The borders of heaven and hell are moving, but they always pass through us.

• Stanislav E. Lets

Hell, Border, Paradise

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You should not go to bed before you tell yourself that you have learned something during the day. What I understand by the word "learned" is the desire to push the boundaries of our scientific and any other useful knowledge.

• Georg K. Lichtenberg

Boundary, Motivational Quotes, Aspiration

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There are limits to everything.

• Quintus Horace Flaccus

Frontier, Wisdom

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• Bernard Shaw

Newspaper, Frontier, Fall, Press

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"Thoughts are duty free?" - Yes, if they do not cross the borders.

• Stanislav E. Lets

Border, Thought

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Erasure of boundaries leads to lawlessness.

• Georgy F. Alexandrov

Border

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Golden rain blurs all borders.

• Thomas Carlyle

Border, Money, Rain

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I imagine the vast realm of science as a wide field, some parts of which are dark, and others are illuminated. Our work is aimed at either expanding the boundaries of illuminated places, or multiplying sources of light in the field. One belongs to the creative genius, the other to the penetrating mind that makes improvements.

• Denis Diderot

Frontier, Science, Teaching and Science

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And that's when the bitterest thing comes:
We realize that we could not contain
That past within the borders of our life,
to a flatmate,
That we would not recognize those who died,
And those with whom God sent separation to us,
They did fine without us - and even
Everything is for the better . ..

• Akhmatova Anna A.

Time, Border, Past, Neighbors

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Don't be too sluggish, though. Let your own judgment be your teacher. Facial expressions and words must match each other; especially pay attention not to overstep the boundaries of the natural. Everything that is refined is contrary to the intention of the theater, the purpose of which was, is and will reflect nature in itself: good, evil, time and people should see themselves in it, as in a mirror. If you present them too strongly or too weakly, of course, you will sometimes make the layman laugh, but the connoisseur will be annoyed; and for you, the judgment of the connoisseur should outweigh the opinion of everyone else. I saw actors who were praised to the skies - and what? In words and gait, they did not resemble either Christians, or Jews, or people in general: they acted and yelled so that I thought: some day laborer of nature must have made people, but unsuccessfully - they imitated humanity so terribly.

• William Shakespeare

Actors, Frontier, Good and Evil, Evil, Theater

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Righteous person. Knowing no fear, he is always on the side of justice - neither the passions of the crowd, nor the violence of the tyrant will force him to transgress its boundaries. But where is he, this phoenix of endurance? Truth has few fans. Many praise her, but only from a stranger; others follow her until there is no danger, and there the scoundrels openly renounce her, and the sly ones pretend to be faithful. Without hesitation, she will go against friends, against the authorities, against her own benefit - in this test, she is most often changed. The cunning in sincere reasoning will renounce it so as not to offend the interests of superiors or the state. But a straightforward husband considers all falsehood to be treason; proud of his steadfastness more than his vigilance, he is always committed to the truth. And if he leaves her subjects, it is not he who is changeable, but they left her first.

• Baltasar Gracian y Morales

Frontier, Treason, Violence, Truth, Righteousness, Integrity

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• Agatha Christie

Border, Life, Happiness

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The true limit of our desires is where we do not harm either us or them. Everything is allowed up to this limit.

• Buckle Henry Thomas

Attraction, Boundary

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Man himself invents the boundaries of the world: it can be the size of a street, or it can become infinite.

• Arthur Schopenhauer

Border, World, Size, Man

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• Heinrich Heine

Stupidity, Boundary, Wisdom, Wisdom Quotes

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Old Mormon's advice: My friend, don't burden yourself with family. Only in a small family, in a close home circle, will you find comfort and peace of mind, which is the best and highest good of all prepared for us in this world. Believe me, ten - at most twelve - wives are enough for you, do not cross this border.

• Mark Twain

Good, Frontier, Ironic quotes, Family

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Who, knowing the limits of his activity, does not approach dangers, he will live long.

• Lao Tzu

Boundary, Activity, Quotes of Wisdom, Danger

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It is unthinkable to draw a line where foreboding ends and true love begins.

• Alexander S. Green

Boundary, Love, Premonition

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One must be careful not to cross the line in criticism of shortcomings, where gossip begins.

• Vladimir I. Lenin

border, criticism

CARE, while the love of

• Mikhail Yu. Lermontov

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Respect has limits, but love has none.

• Mikhail Yu. Lermontov

Border, Life, Love

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Sovereign! You are overstepping the boundaries of your power. Russia, taught by long-term disasters, in front of the holy altar, handed autocracy to your ancestor and demanded that they rule it supremely, indivisibly. This covenant is the foundation of your authority; you have no other; You can do everything, but you cannot legally limit it.

• Nikolai M. Karamzin

Calamity, Power, Border, Russia

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The mind, once expanding its boundaries, will never return to the former.

• Albert Einstein

Border, Reflections, Mind

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The border between light and shadow is you.

• Stanislav E. Lec

Border, Light, Shadow

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Madness... is a rather vague concept, and people of the petty-bourgeois warehouse wield it arbitrarily, guided by dubious criteria. They draw the boundary of the reasonable hastily and very close to themselves and their vulgar convictions, and everything that is beyond it they declare madness.

• Thomas Mann

Madness, Boundary, Wise Quotes, Madness

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Who once crosses the border of modesty becomes constantly and openly shameless.

• Mark Tullius Cicero

border, modesty

, where there were previously borders of science, now its center

• Georg K. Lichtenberg

, progress, learning and science

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Do you want to live happily? Live without paying attention to boundaries and other people's opinions.

• Daria Dontsova

Border

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The circle of permissibility has begun to lose its precise boundaries, it is blurring, and everyone is about to start setting it for himself.

• Boris L. Vasiliev

Border, Freedom

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. When happiness borders on grief, pleasure borders on pain, and one can instantly change into another.

Al Quotion. Improvisation Spare Part

A good player sees the edge in any game.

Dorian Gray

- Keep up! An angry voice sounded near his ear. Jace deliberately slowed down to walk beside him. “I’m tired of constantly turning around and making sure nothing happens to you.
- Well, don't turn around.
"No, you were attacked by a demon last time," he recalled.
- Yes, it will be unfortunate if my sudden death interferes with your pleasant walk.
Jace looked pointedly at Clary:
— Don't cross the line between sarcasm and outright rudeness. What's the matter?
- Several creepy creatures have been poking around in my brain this morning; now I'm going to meet a guy who once did the same thing. What if he takes something terrible from my memory?
— Why exactly terrible?
Clary peeled her hair off her sweaty skin:
— I hate it when you answer a question with a question.

Cassandra Clare. City of Bones

Dreams are the bright boundaries of our souls.

Henry Thoreau

She always smiled so kindly that I wanted to take her smile with me.

Haruki Murakami. South of the border, west of the sun

Take care of your homeland - relax abroad.

Love for the motherland knows no other people's borders.

Stanislav Jerzy Lec

There are borders between languages, but there are no borders between hearts.

Rasul Gamzatov

Art knows no boundaries, it speaks all languages.

Christmas Cottage

“Respect has limits, love never.”

Hugo

The laws of Art originate not in the material, but in the ideal world where Beauty lives, matter can only indicate the boundaries within which artistic inspiration spreads.

Delia Guzman

I hope to cross the border and shake hands with my friend. I hope the Pacific Ocean is as blue as it was in my dreams.

Stephen King. Rita Hayworth, or The Shawshank Redemption

There are things in which neither class partitions nor even borders between states are completely invalid.

Translating a work from one language into another is like skinning it, transporting it across the border and dressing it up in a national costume.

Borders do not exist.

I hope to cross the border, I hope to see my friend and shake his hand, I hope the Pacific Ocean is as blue as I dreamed it is, I hope…

The Shawshank Redemption

For a while is a relative term. Especially for the one who is waiting.

Haruki Murakami. South of the border, west of the sun

Get up at 7:00 am to study TORTURE PAIN TEARS. Get up at 5:00 for a trip abroad YES NO QUESTION

The mind, once expanded, will never return to its former self.

Albert Einstein

Life is small if it is not touched by an indomitable desire to expand its boundaries.

José Ortega y Gasset.

You can hit the target nine times, and on the tenth time you will experience something like this... there is nothing higher than that.

Haruki Murakami. South of the border, west of the sun

I don’t know how it is abroad.. But here, a person who comes with a liter of vodka is considered a relative)))

in his mental work he was the most precise and accurate of people, and his clothes were always distinguished not only by neatness, but even refinement, in everything else he was the most disorderly creature in the world, and his habits could drive any person living with him under one roof.
Not that I myself am perfect in this regard. But still, my sloppiness has certain limits, and when I see a man keep his cigars in a charcoal pail, tobacco in the toe of a Persian shoe, and letters that are waiting for an answer, pinned with a penknife to a wooden board over a fireplace, I, right However, it begins to seem as if I am the model of all virtues.

Arthur Conan Doyle. Rite of the House of Musgrave

Only morality and humanity have limits. Inhumanity and immorality do not have them.

Capercaillie

Generosity knows no bounds.

In order not to cross the border, push it back.

The intelligentsia always plays a gigantic role in the destruction of cultural codes. This does not mean that the intelligentsia should be destroyed, no. But this is an eternal temptation, an eternal struggle between good and evil. This is an eternal search for the boundaries of what is permitted. After all, culture is a border, a kind of extension of the taboo zone.

The court found Saakashvili guilty of illegally crossing the border. <...> The court fined Saakashvili in the amount of 3,400 hryvnias ($130). Animals! A very severe punishment! Where is it seen that a clown had to pay for a ticket to get into his own circus!?

People love to dream of change: starting a new life on Monday, quitting smoking next year, taking care of themselves after the holidays... But why not do all of that right now? Why borders, deadlines, delays?
Yes, we just like to dream about changes, but in reality, nothing more than they scare a person! This fear forces us to be careful, to follow the beaten path, beware of risky actions.
And, drawing up another grandiose plan, calmly go with the flow, past the longed-for happiness.

Oleg Roy

Chance exists only in our head, in our limited perception. It is a reflection of the limits of our knowledge. The struggle against chance is always a struggle against ourselves, a struggle in which we can never be victorious.

Franz Kafka

The cruelty of imperialism is a cruelty that knows no limits and does not recognize national boundaries. The atrocities of the USA are tantamount to the atrocities of the Hitlerite armies, are tantamount to the atrocities of the Belgian paratroopers or French imperialism in Algeria. Because the essence of imperialism lies in the transformation of man into an animal. Bloodthirsty animal! Destined for massacre, murder, destruction. Up to the destruction of even the very image of a revolutionary or partisan of any country. They trample on him with their boots, because even his image is fighting for freedom.

A normal person considers it necessary:
1. Forget who he is and what he wants, so that it does not interfere with the production, reproduction and earning of money.
3. Spending years studying at the university, so that later you will not find a job.
4. Doing from nine in the morning until five in the evening what does not bring the slightest pleasure, in order to retire after thirty years.
5. Retire, discover that you no longer have the strength to enjoy
life, and very soon die of longing.
8. To ridicule those who seek happiness instead of money and call them "people without ambition."
9. Compare all objects and phenomena in the same coordinate system as cars, apartments, things, without trying to comprehend the true meaning of why and for what he lives.
10. Do not talk to strangers. Speak badly of your neighbors.
12. Marry, produce offspring, live together even after the disappearance of love, assuring that this is necessary for the sake of the children (as if they do not hear the daily quarrels of their parents).
13. To condemn any attempt to be different.
14. Waking up from the hysterical trill of the alarm clock.
18. Keep a smile on your face, although you desperately want to cry. And feel sorry for anyone who shows their true feelings.
20. To despise everything that was not worth getting with great effort, because for the sake of what you got just like that, you didn’t have to “make sacrifices” and, therefore, it does not have the necessary virtues.
23. Spending money on outward appearance and caring little for spiritual beauty.
24. To prove by all possible means that, although he is a “normal” person, he stands immeasurably above all others.
25. In the subway or bus, try not to look anyone directly in the eye, so as not to be interpreted as an attempt at seduction.
26. When entering an elevator, turn around to face the doors and pretend to be completely alone, no matter how many people are packed into the cabin.
30. Growing older, feel like the custodian of all the world's wisdom, even if he does not happen to live as long as necessary to be convinced of his mistake.
32. Eat three times a day, whether you feel like it or not.
33. It is sacred to believe that other people are superior to him in everything - they are more beautiful, smarter, richer, stronger. And that trying to push your own boundaries is very risky: it’s better to do nothing at all.
38. Always say "I tried" even if I didn't try.
39. Leave all the most interesting things in life for later, when there is no more strength for this.
40. Don't get depressed from watching TV for many hours every day.
41. Firmly believe that everything obtained and conquered belongs to him forever.
42. Assume that women don't like football and men don't like cooking and dressing up.
43. Always blame the government for everything.
44. To be immutably convinced that kindness, responsiveness, respect for others will be interpreted by these others as weakness, vulnerability and the ability to easily manipulate him.
45. And also in the fact that assertive rudeness in dealing with other people is perceived as a feature of a strong personality.

women, life, love, meaning of life, happiness, man, people

– Darkness is simply the absence of light, Yarik. I'm not kidding! No boundaries. Freedom of direction. The right to be independent from others, from the world.
- So simple?
- Yes. Darkness is an eternal child, a kind of immature Peter Pan. Endless game. Freedom of all directions - that's her business card. Take darkness by the hand and go nowhere. Stopping for nothing and no one. Darkness is "I want" instead of "I have to". Darkness is self-confidence. Darkness is the inability to look at oneself. Darkness is always there, darkness is waiting in the wings, darkness commands - but it is worth obeying, and it will become a servant. Justifies everything.

Slava, Yarik

He crosses all boundaries. He has no right to threaten my boyfriend. I'm eighteen, I'm an adult and I can threaten my boyfriends myself.

Rosemary Hathaway

Do you think you can work in a team? They will never accept someone like you. Rather, they will find in you a common enemy. Perhaps this will help to unite the club ... But they will spend so much effort to survive you that they will no longer be enough for self-improvement. So it won't solve their problems. I know for myself. I used to live abroad. I returned to my homeland when I was in high school. All the girls at school tried their best to survive me. But none of them even tried to become better in order to surpass me.

The rosy time of my school life is a complete lie (OreGairu)

The boundaries between noise and sound are conventions, now I understand this. In general, all borders are conventions, including those between nations. A person can go through any convention, if only in the beginning he is able to conceive it.

David Mitchell

Be a friend when you need friends. Give hope when you yourself need it.

Life without limits

When you feel like betraying your dream, force yourself to work one more day, a week, a month, and another year.
You'll be amazed at what happens if you don't give up.

Life without limits

Relationship building is like a savings account: you have nothing to look forward to unless you invest something yourself.

Life without limits

Sometimes we let our little problems grow into something big because we take them too seriously.

Life without limits

Remember that your life is determined not only by what you see, but also by what you can imagine.
This is what is called faith.

Life without borders

I know for sure that miracles happen, but they happen only to those who do not lose hope.

Life without limits

It is very important to keep the love of the Lord in your heart, because sometimes there are moments when you feel miserable.

Life without limits

We humans are strange beings. We spend half of our lives on being like everyone else, and the other half on standing out from the crowd.

Life without limits

The search for the meaning of life is a sign of growth, maturation, going beyond the boundaries of developing one's own talents.

Life without limits

We can all find something bad or imperfect in each other. But I prefer to look for grains of gold.

Life without limits

Don't think about what your forgiveness means to your adversaries, those who hurt you in the past. Enjoy what forgiveness gives you. Learn to forgive, and it will become easier for you to go to your dreams, not burdened by the baggage of the past.

Life without limits

What should we do when we fall? You have to try to get up. I tried to get up and fell a hundred times. But do you think if I fall and give up, will I be able to get up? I will try again and again and again... I just want you to understand that this is not the end, but how it ends depends on it. Do you want to be happy? Then you will find the strength to rise!

Life without limits

If you devote your life to receiving short-term pleasures, then satisfaction will also be short-term.

Life without borders

Faced with difficulties, one should not give up, run away. You must assess the situation, look for solutions and believe that everything is being done for the best. Patience is the key to victory.

Life without borders

… because life can be known only on its border with death.

Ann Rice

“Lovers are people who love each other,” he replied.
— In what sense?
- Straight.
- That is, physically.
- What does it mean to love physically, Lucius? Knit each other's socks? Admire someone else's body through the eyes? Caress him with your hands?
- Enter each other.
- At what physical level?
- That's what I wanted to ask you!
— First determine for yourself the boundary of the physical. Or do you think that there is some limit up to which people are not yet lovers, and after which they are definitely lovers?
— I don't know what you're getting at, Severus, but the majority opinion is that there is a limit. Either it was or it wasn't.

Larisa (Lora) Bocharova

— Yes, but we are not gay.
- What a redneck you are! New Millennium! Gay, not gay, everyone has long been equalized. All hitchhikers do THIS, otherwise why would the drivers hire us. There are no more borders!
- Here is the border! And from this side we are not gay!

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Science? Nonsense! In this situation, everyone is equally helpless. I must tell you that we do not want to conquer the Cosmos at all. We want to expand the Earth to its limits. We do not know what to do with other worlds. We don't need other worlds, we need a mirror. We are struggling with the contact and will never find it. We are in the stupid position of a man rushing towards a goal that he does not need. Human needs human!

Solaris

Cross the border of winter,
And until the spring day comes again,
Until the flowers bloom,
Stay here a little longer.

Past the end of this cold winter,
Until the spring comes again,
Until the flowers bloom again,
Stay there a little longer.

Sad quotes

Night…—… is half of life, its reverse side, the place where we have the right to exist. Night is a world without children. And without old people... the night blurs the boundaries of reality. You lose the sense of time, your internal clock goes wrong, you suddenly answer the question someone asked the day before, you cling to the remnants of yesterday, escaping the avalanche of today, you dream in the present and wake up in an endless deja vu.

Dawn Bite

There are no borders.

Wise quotes

A good player sees the edge in any game.

limits, play

The actor's goal is to overcome his own boundaries and fight his own fear.

acting, struggle, fear, goal

A newspaper is a printed organ that does not see the boundary between the fall of a bicycle and the collapse of civilization.

George Bernard Shaw

— I want to ask: is there such power in music that it can change a person? How do you think? After all, sometimes you listen, and inside everything turns over.
“Of course there is,” the young man nodded. “Something is happening to us. It means something is going on inside of us. Like a chemical reaction. Then we look into ourselves and understand that our bar is now one step higher. The boundaries of the world have expanded. I had it. It rarely happens, but it does happen. It's like love.

Haruki Murakami

Love doesn't lie. Lies the desire for love.
Love does not weigh its confessions on the scales of objectivity, it has no hesitation, no choice between "yes" and "no", but there is a border between them, as between faith and unbelief. It is dislike that makes the hardest effort to be honest, just, and objective; love does not have these difficulties.

Travel Book of the Empire

To exist as a person, one must be able to draw boundaries and say “no” to something.

borders, personality

She always smiled so friendly that I wanted to take her smile with me.

South of the border, west of the sun

Even if you really want to disbelieve, there are borders beyond which it is foolish to resist.

Evil is evil. Smaller, larger, average - everything is the same, the proportions are conditional, and the boundaries are blurred. I am not a holy hermit, I did not only do good in my life. But if I have to choose between one evil and another, I prefer not to choose at all.

Andrzej Sapkowski

I always leave one foot outside, I love the cold and its borders with warmth. And he keeps covering that same leg all the time. We don't have mutual understanding.

mutual understanding, relationships, quotes about yourself

We probably won't be wrong about the truth if we say that, having become permanent, the war has ceased to be a war. That special pressure that it exerted on humanity from the Neolithic to the beginning of the 20th century disappeared and was replaced by something completely different. If the three powers did not fight, but agreed to live forever in peace and each would remain inviolable within its borders, the result would be the same. Each would be a closed universe forever freed from the sobering influence of external danger. Permanent peace would be the same as permanent war. War is peace.

George Orwell

If you get too close to me, I instinctively take two steps back.
If you keep a restrained distance from me, then I myself will find a reason to touch you with my hand.

closeness, borders, personality, feelings

Citizen N was detained while crossing the border. When asked by the border guard, he replied that he was a ghost and just wanted to wander around Europe.

KVN

- Some people talk about the limits of the mind. They explore the wonderful world of alcohol and drugs, but ... This is not the border. Another self-deception. We've come up with a false frontier with computers that let people think they've run away. Border with access fee.
— What about space? Last frontier?
- Star Trek is not space, but television. Me too, the border. And then, how many people have been in space? No, the real border is here, Freeway 60. That's why it was built. This place is for those who want to live differently.
Is that true, Mr. Cody?
- If not, then it must be.

Route 60 (Interstate 60)

Art knows no boundaries, it speaks all languages.

Glenn Wesman

— Dad, is mom drunk?
- No, no, she just has a little migraine. Migraine from a bottle of Chardonnay.

Is mommy drunk, daddy?
- No, no, she's just got a little migraine. A little Chardonnay migraine.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Why did you climb on the roof?
- I'm learning to conquer fear.
- Fear does not need to be conquered. He tells you where the boundaries are. Fear is good.

Detective James Gordon, Bruce Wayne (Batman)

There are other bonds besides the bonds of friendship,
Bonds we don't understand,
Bonds we don't want to understand. Not prickly?
Such bonds that have no name, but only feelings. Not prickly?
Such bonds that have no barriers, no boundaries. Not prickly?
Such ties that are bound by the heart ties of love, ties of love. Stung?
Me too!

Both in sorrow and in joy… (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…)

This summer I want to go abroad… I have such a tradition – every summer I want to go abroad!

Gifts appear under the tree in such a way that not a single child in the whole world would guess where they came from! It is very important that the surprise appears unexpectedly, because this is real magic, and it cannot happen with errors and mistakes. Therefore, millions of people keep the Secret of Santa Claus and create magic with their own hands, carefully preserving the wonderful tradition that unites billions of people all over the planet.
Can you imagine? People fight each other, share territory and resources, state borders change, rulers change, and entire states become a thing of the past. And gifts continue to appear under every tree every New Year. And billions of adults secretly help each other to find exactly those toys that each little child ordered. Every! Even the one who doesn't have a mom or dad. It seems to me that this tradition is one of the most important on Earth. Because it allows you to save Good on the planet, faith in a miracle and the most important knowledge in life. It lies in the fact that every minute of your life you are not alone. There are many, many people in the world who love you and who are always ready to perform a miracle for you. And if you really want something, the whole world will help you fulfill your dream. Because good wishes must come true, and there are enough good people in the world to help this come true. And most importantly: it depends on you and only on you how and when to achieve what you want in life. After all, you are so smart, you can do anything.

Life quotes

A good player sees the edge in any game.

Dorian Gray

- Not only do they exist, these boundaries, but you know as well as I do exactly where they are.
— I thought so too. Now I don't believe in it. The boundaries are in our heads. And people like Miss Hilly are always trying to make us believe that they really are. But they are not.

Katherine Stockett

I've always wondered why people create boundaries between themselves. We could simply not build some boundaries, others were outlined only in our imagination, and still others cannot withstand the pressure of circumstances. But there are boundaries that we deliberately erect in order to destroy them with pleasure.

Kitchen

When boundaries blur, you sometimes wonder which side you're on.

Teen Wolf

If you love a person, you will not interfere in his personal life. You will not dare to violate the boundaries of his inner world.

Osho (Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh)

One of my acquaintances used to say that there are no supernatural things or phenomena. Some of them just go beyond the boundaries of our natural science.

Andrzej Sapkowski

Immeasurable, chilly loneliness in a thousand-legged crowd, cold, vain fire of electric advertising, suppressing the worthlessness of female perfection, when perfection crossed the border of sex and turned into a minus sign, harming itself, like electricity, like the indifferent energy of males, like planets that cannot be seen, like peaceful programs, like love on the radio.

loneliness, crowd

Borders, like fears, most often turn out to be just illusions.

illusion, fear

Just suffering. Longing for her, tearing and again gluing photographs, proving to himself that she is not worth him, calling names with all sorts of words, despising her, promising himself to take revenge on her, pounding his hands on the table, feeling abandoned, humiliated, trampled. Accidentally find something connected with it and destroy it in a frenzy, and the next day regret that nothing was left of it. To tirelessly convince himself that she was not and never will be worthy of him, that he deserves a woman a hundred times better. Writing hate-filled letters to her and not sending her, calling her at night, unable to squeeze out a word. To feel pain, hatred, distrust, numbness. Or at least get drunk to the point of lethargy, which brings oblivion, and wake up in the morning and look at the empty bottles by the bed. Promise yourself that you will never forgive her, and in half an hour forgive everything. Every day forget it and swear that tomorrow you will forget it for real. It is passionate to desire to see her when you feel how bad you are, and, feeling even worse, mentally curse yourself for this desire.

Janusz Leon Wisniewski

Something changes, something remains the same. Borders change, new players come, but the authorities always find their place.

Herschel Shepard

Any person is capable of reaching their full potential. Perhaps what we are is predetermined, but the path we follow, we always choose on our own. We must never allow our fears and the expectations of others to set the boundaries of our destiny... Destiny cannot be changed, but it can be challenged. Each person is born as a multitude of people, and dies in the singular.

NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service

It is impossible to explain to a child that the line between good and evil is not as clear-cut as between white and black, as taught in fairy tales.

children, good, evil, fairy tales

In our desire to be honest and frank with each other, do we cross the boundaries of personal freedom? Maybe there are things that do not need to be talked about?

Sex and the City

I never criticize my country's government when I'm abroad, but I more than make up for it when I return.

Winston Churchill

So, it sometimes seems that you control time - you track the border between "I'll still have time" and "damn, I'm late." But it will still deceive, it will come first.

Elchin Safarli

All of you, illegal immigrants, as one. You're under civilian arrest, you understand? America is a land of opportunity, and I will take the opportunity to send you back across the border from where you came from!

America, possibilities

By your restraint you will bring the restraint of another out of bounds - then his desires will be revealed, although his heart was impenetrable.

Baltasar Gracian y Morales

People tend to see no further than their own nose.

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