Controlling others is the cornerstone of dysfunctional families.
– David W Earle
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- Families living in dysfunction seldom have healthy boundaries. Dysfunctional families have trouble knowing where they stop and others begin. – David W Earle
- The more dysfunctional, the more some family members seek to control the behavior of others. – David W Earle
- It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them. – David W Earle
- There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period. – Veronica Roth
- Controlling people do not like to be controlled. Controlling people do not like to have their agendas obstructed. – Traci Lawrence
- Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen. – David W Earle
- When someone obtains peace and serenity, this shines a bright spotlight on others’ own unhappiness making their discomfort even more apparent. – David W Earle
- Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist’s career. – EA Bucchianeri
- The search for meaning was the cornerstone of human disquiet. – Blake Crouch
- Ah, lust! How one would like to make it the cornerstone of self! But I wouldn’t go ahead and build on it if I were you. – Elfriede Jelinek
- The cornerstone of our thoughts begins with the spirited flames of our far-reaching imagination. – Ian Sgal
- An ancient cornerstone of prayer is that our desire to thank God is itself God’s gift. Be grateful. – Richard Leonard
- The cornerstone of the Roman legionnaires’ astonishing fighting spirit can be attributed to their training. – Peter Heather
- The health care bill is nothing about health care- it’s about controlling the people. – David Lincoln
- Man is not suffering by external forces as much as his own dysfunctional mind and self inflicted negative stimulus. – Aditya Ajmera
- I don’t mind functional medicine. I suppose it has to be better than dysfunctional medicine. – Nancy S Mure
- I function best when dysfunctional… – Guy R Vestal
- In a totally dysfunctional society, the profession of a writer would not exist. – Minae Mizumura
- In a family, no matter how dysfunctional she is, when one member loses, when one becomes smaller, all lose, all end up becoming smaller. – Angelos Michalopoulos
- Both men and women remain in dysfunctional, loveless relationships when it is materially opportune. – bell hooks
- Adorably dysfunctional twenty-something seeks handsome veterinarian. Serious offers only. – RS Grey
- I don’t mind the term functional medicine — I suppose it’s better than dysfunctional medicine. – Nancy S Mure
- We’re only five years apart,- I said defiantly. -œIf you look at some of those dysfunctional vampyre relationships, we’re near normal. – Heather Heffner
- If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change. – David W Earle
- Change will not successfully happen unless the emotional component is solved. – David W Earle
- Change is hard, difficult, painful, and often messy – David W Earle
- Being real is being true to you. – David W Earle
- Boundaries represent awareness, knowing what the limits are and then respecting those limits. – David W Earle
- Chaos limits the free-flow of love and becomes a roadblock to what family members want most and sadly, it becomes the normal for the family. – David W Earle
- If no one has boundaries-¦how can there be any transgression? – David W Earle
- When we leave this life, we only get to take two things: the love we received and the lessons we learned. – David W Earle
- Life is a learning experience and this is a very peaceful method of accepting the reality you face-¦-What will I learn? – David W Earle
- People who are unwilling to talk about deep personal issues do not trust their own emotions. – David W Earle
- The strange part about a person’s lack of trust is that it often comes from not trusting themselves. – David W Earle
- Honoring your word is the fiber from which trust is built. – David W Earle
- When I looked at myself through the prism of awareness, great tears came as I connected with how this wounded child felt. – David W Earle
- We violated each other’s boundaries with verbal missiles of anger disguised in the pretense of -œjust kidding. – David W Earle
- People pay a dear price when not dealing with the powerful emotions. – David W Earle
- For many years, I searched for this connection outside of myself but always to no avail. It was only when I turned inward did I find this power. – David W Earle
- I, like you, was not depraved or defected before birth but created to be magnificent, a wonderful and freeing realization – simple but explosive. – David W Earle