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 CLOUDOne of the worst things you can die with is potential.
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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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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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.
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Being right can never compete with doing well.
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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.
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It is true that you get what you tolerate.
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Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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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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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 about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen.
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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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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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The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
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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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