black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Christianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.

Henry Cloud

If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
HENRY CLOUD

Attitude Build Communication Culture Expectation Honesty Performance
To grow, we need things that we do not have and cannot provide, and we need to have a source of those things who looks favorably upon us and who does things for us for our own good.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
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.
HENRY CLOUD

Character Children Criticism Freedom Growth Life Stop
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
To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.
HENRY CLOUD

Consequence Natural People Power Rescue
We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
I’m not an expert in the sociological realities of all the pastors in the world, but I would say that there are some very, very positive things about the state of integrity in church leaders.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
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
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
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.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
You aren’t alive if you aren’t in need.
HENRY CLOUD

Anand Thakur
The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
HENRY CLOUD

Adjust Fools Himself Truth
Christianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.
HENRY CLOUD

Morals Reality Religious
To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
HENRY CLOUD

Destroy Greatness Performance Relationship Return
True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.
HENRY CLOUD

Built Disagree Freedom Intimacy True

Christianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Christianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Henry Cloud Quotes