Quotes On Relationships Quotes

“We do not have to be mental health professionals to identify the traits of the possible sociopaths among us.”
― P.A. Speers, Type 1 Sociopath - When Difficult People Are More Than Just Difficult People

“The toxic behaviors were there before you decided to enter into relationships with them. The signs were there. You may have chosen to look the other way, but the signs were there.—”
― P.A. Speers, Type 1 Sociopath - When Difficult People Are More Than Just Difficult People

“Doormatitis: door-mat-i-tis noun; low self-worth. A learned behavior where the infected person allows others to walk all over them, blame them, treat them terribly, always giving the boundary crossers the benefit of the doubt. They make excuses for them, They will give in to guilt and intimidation and give the boundary crossers what they want again and again.”
― P.A. Speers, Type 1 Sociopath - When Difficult People Are More Than Just Difficult People

“When enforcing our boundaries, first and foremost, we are caring for ourselves, but we are also helping others to have a clear understanding of what we consider acceptable behavior. We are reflecting back to them what is not acceptable and, therefore, providing them an opportunity to consider that information and make necessary changes. If we ignore the behavior or accept the behavior, not only are we undermining ourselves, but we are denying the other person an opportunity to learn about themselves and to grow, and ultimately, we deny them the opportunity for a healthy relationship with us. -Psychotherapist Donna Wood in The Inspired Caregiver”
― Peggi Speers, The Inspired Caregiver: Finding Joy While Caring for Those You Love

“Whoever controls the money controls you.”
― Sharon Law Tucker, How to Be a BadAss - A Survival Guide for Women

“The internet and online communication is the window into your world - but real life, in person communication / connection is the door.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“There's always something in it for the person who is allowing to be taken advantage of." Psychotherapist David in Type 1 Sociopath”
― P.A. Speers, Type 1 Sociopath - When Difficult People Are More Than Just Difficult People

“I want them…to feel the same pain I do. The same that I am.”
― Nick Oliveri

“I love you and always have. The great heavens and the ultimatum of the universe have driven me straight to you…. And I love you. I love you so hopelessly and boundlessly and powerlessly. I love you existentially. I love you physically. I love freely. I love you as if my soul was stamped for your custody before it ever entered the damned world.”
― Nick Oliveri

“That boy seemed too easy to manipulate, to get close to, to control.”
― Nick Oliveri, Becoming the Conjurer

“Even if our intentions are good, the effects of our actions may be undesirable.”
― Christian Monö, Why We Follow: Natural Followership in a World Obsessed with Leadership

“We can’t have leaders without followers.”
― Christian Monö, Why We Follow: Natural Followership in a World Obsessed with Leadership