black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

One of the worst things you can die with is potential.

Henry Cloud

Dating is primarily a numbers game. People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That’s just the way it is.
HENRY CLOUD

Date People Relationship Way
The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
HENRY CLOUD

Adjust Fools Himself Truth
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
Endings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
Just as we leave the effects of our work behind in results, we leave the effects of our interactions with people in their hearts, minds, and souls.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word ‘no.’ Love respects ‘no,’ control does not.
HENRY CLOUD

Control Goodness Person Reaction Relationship Respond Test
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.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
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.
HENRY CLOUD

Community Group Health People Surround Yourself
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.
HENRY CLOUD

Greatness Metaphor Passion Recognition Season Time
Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.
HENRY CLOUD

Endurance Goodness Growth Pain Resistance
When leaders lead in ways that people’s brains can follow, good results follow as well.
HENRY CLOUD

Brain Follow Leadership People Result Well
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
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
Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
HENRY CLOUD

Boundary Essential Structure Thrive
The 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.
HENRY CLOUD

Connection Finding Heart Human Known Seek Willing
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

One of the worst things you can die with is potential.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

One of the worst things you can die with is potential.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Henry Cloud Quotes