The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
HENRY CLOUDThings don’t change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it.
More Henry Cloud Quotes
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Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.
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Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
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You will not grow without attempting to do things you are unable to do.
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To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
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A person who hasn’t grieved a significant loss has unfinished business inside and can cause others great grief as a result.
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Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as “Taking,” you are not getting it.
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Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.
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In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are ridiculously in charge, then you own whatever happens in a company, school.
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Who a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, competencies, energy, effort, deal-making abilities, and opportunities will succeed.
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There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.
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Dating is primarily a numbers game. People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That’s just the way it is.
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If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
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Because dating is a human exercise, it can be a tightrope fraught with danger. You will be dating imperfect people, and some of them are more imperfect than others. In addition, you are not perfect either, so that complicates the picture.
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A leader’s responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.
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Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.
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