70+ English Quotes about Boundaries

  1. “Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures.” – Edwin Louis Cole
  2. “Respect yourself and others will respect you.” – Confucius
  3. “Boundaries need to be communicated first verbally and then with actions.” – Henry Cloud
  4. “When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated.” – Brené Brown
  5. “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.” – Brené Brown
  6. “No is a complete sentence.” – Anne Lamott
  7. “Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal, and necessary.” – Doreen Virtue
  8. “You get what you tolerate.” – Henry Cloud
  9. “Boundaries aren’t all bad. That’s why there are walls around mental institutions.” – Peggy Noonan
  10. “I encourage people to remember that ‘no’ is a complete sentence.” – Gavin de Becker
  11. “Setting boundaries is a way of caring for myself. It doesn’t make me mean, selfish, or uncaring because I don’t do things your way. I care about me too.” – Christine Morgan
  12. “Boundaries protect the things that are of value to you.” – John Townsend
  13. “You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” – Anna Taylor
  14. “When someone oversteps your boundaries, they’re letting you know that what you want doesn’t matter.” – Phil Good
  15. “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” – Warren Buffett
  16. “Boundaries are, in simple terms, the recognition of personal space.” – Asa Don Brown
  17. “When you set boundaries, you’re telling others what is important to you.” – Hal Urban
  18. “Your personal boundaries protect the inner core of your identity and your right to choices.” – Gerard Manley Hopkins
  19. “People who violate your boundaries are thieves. They steal time that doesn’t belong to them.” – Elizabeth Grace Saunders
  20. “The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.” – Tara Brach
  21. “A lack of boundaries invites a lack of respect.” – Anonymous
  22. “Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal, and necessary.” – Doreen Virtue
  23. “Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures.” – Edwin Louis Cole
  24. “Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.” – Prentis Hemphill
  25. “Sometimes you have to set boundaries in order to respect and love yourself.” – Charles F. Glassman
  26. “You can’t set a boundary and take care of someone’s feelings at the same time.” – Melody Beattie
  27. “Boundaries draw the line between what is yours and what isn’t.” – Laurie Buchanan
  28. “Set your boundaries so clearly that the only thing you have to say to trespassers is goodbye.” – Curtis Tyrone Jones
  29. “We must all set our own boundaries, not have them imposed upon us.” – Michelle Obama
  30. “Boundaries are necessary for a successful life both personally and professionally.” – Henry Cloud
  31. “Setting boundaries is not about attempting to control others; it is about creating clarity and respect.” – Jennifer Twardowski
  32. “If you spend your life sparing people’s feelings and feeding their vanity, you get so you can’t distinguish what should be respected in them.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
  33. “Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, literally and figuratively.” – Gina Marinello-Sweeney
  34. “Your boundaries define who you are, and who you are not.” – Patrick Lencioni
  35. “Boundaries are the framework within which we can freely operate.” – Russell M. Nelson
  36. “Setting boundaries with others can be a difficult process, but it’s essential for healthy relationships.” – Nedra Glover Tawwab
  37. “Your boundaries are yours, and yours alone. They are your responsibility and your right.” – Stephanie Sterner
  38. “The most important distinction anyone can ever make in their life is between who they are as an individual and their connection with others.” – Anne Linden
  39. “Boundaries are about prioritizing your needs over others’ wants.” – Adam Grant
  40. “A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.” – Martin Heidegger
  41. “Boundaries are the way we teach others who we are and what we need. This is the way we let others know our integrity.” – Robyn L. Posin
  42. “Learning to set healthy boundaries usually comes after we’ve been burned.” – Laura Davis
  43. “The only people who get upset about you setting boundaries are the ones who were benefiting from you having none.” – Unknown
  44. “Set boundaries. Be assertive. Do not allow anyone to take advantage of you.” – Lou Holtz
  45. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  46. “One’s boundaries need to be understood and respected.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
  47. “Your boundaries are your values. Boundaries are representative of how much or little you respect yourself.” – Asa Don Brown
  48. “Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management.” – Jim Loehr
  49. “People with good boundaries are people who can say ‘no’ when they need to.” – Cloud & Townsend
  50. “Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.” – Fran Lebowitz