He is the Truth, and He wants us to deal in truth with ourselves and our loved ones. We want the truth about you and your family to flood into and overrun the secrets that keep you in bondage to dysfunctional behavior and relationships.
HENRY CLOUDWe need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.
More Henry Cloud Quotes
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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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People tend to look at dating sort of like a safari – like they’re trying to land the trophy.
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When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to 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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A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has an infection, the immune system deals with it. Similarly, a group enforces its norms, either actively or passively.
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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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Christianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.
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Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.
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You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.
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You aren’t alive if you aren’t in need.
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Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel.
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One of the worst things you can die with is potential.
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In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
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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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The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.
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Whatever’s happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don’t treat it like it’s the whole story. Keep writing the story.
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Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.
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We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them.
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The opposite of bad is not good.The opposite of bad is love
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Things 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.
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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 get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
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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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Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
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True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.
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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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