black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.

Henry Cloud

You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.
HENRY CLOUD

Face Freedom Lose Order Right
The sad thing is that many of us come to Christ because we are sinners, and then spend the rest of our lives trying to pretend that we are not!
HENRY CLOUD

Live Ourselves Pretend Sadness Sin
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.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.
HENRY CLOUD

Date People Place Practice
We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
HENRY CLOUD

Behavior Change Motivational Ourselves Pain
Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.
HENRY CLOUD

Angry Control Fact Frustration Ourselves Reality
There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn’t. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
For someone’s character to grow, it has to be free from internal attack. Falling down never stopped children from developing. But getting yelled at, criticized, and put down can stop them for life.
HENRY CLOUD

Character Children Criticism Freedom Growth Life Stop
The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that’s present.
HENRY CLOUD

Amount Love Present Relationship Truth
Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
HENRY CLOUD

Destroy Greatness Performance Relationship Return
Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
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.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
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.
HENRY CLOUD

Change Decision Marriage Responsibility

To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Henry Cloud Quotes