Doormat Quotes

“Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.”
― Rob Liano

“People that hold onto hate for so long do so because they want to avoid dealing with their pain. They falsely believe if they forgive they are letting their enemy believe they are a doormat. What they don’t understand is hatred can’t be isolated or turned off. It manifests in their health, choices and belief systems. Their values and religious beliefs make adjustments to justify their negative emotions. Not unlike malware infesting a hard drive, their spirit slowly becomes corrupted and they make choices that don’t make logical sense to others. Hatred left unaddressed will crash a person’s spirit. The only thing he or she can do is to reboot, by fixing him or herself, not others. This might require installing a firewall of boundaries or parental controls on their emotions. Regardless of the approach, we are all connected on this "network of life" and each of us is responsible for cleaning up our spiritual registry.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The people that truly love us in life don't fight for us to remain a doormat for others.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The truth is, we tend to train people how we want to be treated. If others know you have wishy-washy boundaries then they are free to walk all over you; the results…you become a doormat. We have actually trained others to do this when we will allow people to wipe their muddy feet on us. After all, we are doormats.”
― David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough

“If people keep stepping on you, wear a pointy hat.”
― Joyce Rachelle

“Courage is God's way of testing the virtues you profess to have and your level of commitment to everything you think you are.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“If he emotionally cheated on you remember this before you take him back. It was a choice to do it and in his mind a chance for a better life than what you offered.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“When you tolerate disrespectful people you disrespect yourself.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“Denial is the way people handle what they cannot handle.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“I love my ex so much I printed out all his pictures. After all, I need him for target practice. And I just love customised toilet paper and doormats. My only regret is that those items don't bear his autograph.”
― Natalya Vorobyova

“Empowered Women 101: A confident woman knows that forgiving is important, but sticking around for constant abuse isn't being confident; it is called being a doormat.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“If you hold onto a man hoping someone else won't get them you have learned how to be desperate, not wise.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Some people develop a wishbone where their backbone should be.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Rule 1: Be kind.

Rule 2: Don't be a doormat when they step on you.

Kindness and sticking up for yourself go hand in hand if you want happiness.”
― Richie Norton

“I was the whore
I was bound to bore”
― Sijdah Hussain, Red Sugar, No More

“Making me think I am a worthy crown
When all I really was … just brown”
― Sijdah Hussain, Red Sugar, No More

“The worst thing about being underweight or overweight; too dark or too white – in short too plain and bland in someone’s perception is the fact that most people just end up talking to you because they feel you can be a good stepping stone. And guess what – it sucks! It sucks being the ladder to so many, helping everyone grow and bloom, only to find yourself splayed upon the mud to be used as a path from one person to another. Not moving an inch. Just lying there on the sticky dirt infused ground – hoping someone would help you up – no one ever comes. The only person who can help you crawl out is yourself. Get up. Try. Just try.
You ARE Enough!”
― Sijdah Hussain, Red Sugar, No More

“Recovery [from codependency] may not always be comfortable at first for the other people in one's life. But it is always worth it because, actually, nobody ever respects a 'doormat'.”
― David Stafford, Codependency: How to break free and live your own life

“She found a second blanket in the closet and curled up on the bed, feeling like the discarded toy of a spoiled child. She found a strange sort of comfort in the heat of her misery as the cold chilled her tears. In time, she would look up words like 'doormat' and 'wimp,' with Merriam-Webster definitions that would expose her to the faulty clockwork of her heart.”
― Angela Panayotopulos, The Wake Up

“I think we each have a certain number of unnecessary apologies, which we willingly dish out before we realize it's time to stand and fight. I may still have two or three left.”
― Joyce Rachelle

“The unfortunate thing about being a 'doormat' is, eventually you must expire and get replaced.”
― Chinonye J. Chidolue

“Empowered Women 101: If he has to destroy other people to raise your self esteem and level of trust then he is not a son of God and guess what your not a daughter of God for letting him do it.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“We somehow have the idea that a person called to the ministry is called to be different and above other people. But according to Jesus Christ, he is called to be a 'doormat' for others--called to be their spiritual leader, but never their superior.”
― Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

“People infected with Alien Parasites use subtle intrusion tactics to implant their evil spawn into your mind. They use your own intention to be a good person and then turn that intention against you, changing you into a person who allows himself or herself to be victimized. It is healthy to be a person who seeks to be of help to his or her neighbor, but it is something else entirely (a sign of parasitic infection), to become a doormat to others.”
― Laurence Galian, Alien Parasites: 40 Gnostic Truths to Defeat the Archon Invasion!