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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.

Henry Cloud

Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel.
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Beyond Faith Feeling Reason Touch
Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.
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Date People Place Practice
Being right can never compete with doing well.
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Complete Right
Who a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, competencies, energy, effort, deal-making abilities, and opportunities will succeed.
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Anand Thakur
There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn’t. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.
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Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
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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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Champion Each Other Health Partner Relationship
True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.
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Built Disagree Freedom Intimacy True
To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
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Destroy Greatness Performance Relationship Return
The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.
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Criticism Issues People Relationship Sound
Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
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Anand Thakur
Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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Issues Person Problem Relationship Soft
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.
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Anand Thakur
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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Better Creation Day Feeling Need
The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that’s present.
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Amount Love Present Relationship Truth
Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as “Taking,” you are not getting it.
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Date Equality Yourself

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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