You aren’t alive if you aren’t in need.
HENRY CLOUDYou aren’t alive if you aren’t in need.
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.
HENRY CLOUDBe Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
HENRY CLOUDLove can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
HENRY CLOUDI’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 CLOUDWe have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them.
HENRY CLOUDThings 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 CLOUDTo rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.
HENRY CLOUDWho a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, competencies, energy, effort, deal-making abilities, and opportunities will succeed.
HENRY CLOUDThe 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 CLOUDA person who hasn’t grieved a significant loss has unfinished business inside and can cause others great grief as a result.
HENRY CLOUDEncourage literally came from “in courage.” The courage is put “into” you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves.
HENRY CLOUDFor 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 CLOUDThe mature person meets the demands of life, while the immature person demands that life meet her demands.
HENRY CLOUDIn the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
HENRY CLOUDFaith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel.
HENRY CLOUD