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.
HENRY CLOUDIf 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.
More Henry Cloud Quotes
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A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word ‘no.’ Love respects ‘no,’ control does not.
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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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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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You will not grow without attempting to do things you are unable to do.
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Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.
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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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Diligence is not easy, but we can’t reach our goals without it.
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Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.
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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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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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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!
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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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You aren’t alive if you aren’t in need.
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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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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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