A person who hasn’t grieved a significant loss has unfinished business inside and can cause others great grief as a result.
HENRY CLOUDThe human heart will seek to be known, understood, and connected with above all else. If you do not connect, the ones you care about will find someone who will.
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When leaders lead in ways that people’s brains can follow, good results follow as well.
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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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Christianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.
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You will not grow without attempting to do things you are unable to do.
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Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.
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Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.
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Being right can never compete with doing well.
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The physicality of a real relationship – one that encompasses mind, body and soul – ultimately makes it more fulfilling and powerful than any virtual relationship ever could be.
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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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To grow, we need things that we do not have and cannot provide, and we need to have a source of those things who looks favorably upon us and who does things for us for our own good.
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There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.
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Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.
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If people are really narcissistic or have a need to be seen as more than they really are, or to be admired as having it all together, then they cannot be followed and trusted by others.
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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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Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
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Dont use all-or-nothing thinking. Take each day as its own day, and dont worry about it if you mess up one day. The most important thing you can do is just get back up on the horse.
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Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children’s most primitive fears.
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There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn’t. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.
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Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.
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Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen.
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One of the worst things you can die with is potential.
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The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.
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The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that’s present.
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Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.
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Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other’s space and are champions of each other’s causes.
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