There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.
HENRY CLOUDFaith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel.
More Henry Cloud Quotes
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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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Encourage literally came from “in courage.” The courage is put “into” you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves.
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If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you ‘do’ boundaries with your kids, they internalize the experiences, remember them, digest them, and make them part of how they see reality.
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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.
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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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If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy and you have to be connected to a community that is doing what you want to do.
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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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Marriage is not slavery. It is based on a love relationship deeply rooted in freedom. Each partner is free from the other and therefore free to love the other. Where there is control, or perception of control, there is not love. Love only exists where there is freedom.
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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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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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We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.
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Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
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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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We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.
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