Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.
HENRY CLOUDDating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.
More Henry Cloud Quotes
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Encourage 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.
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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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Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.
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You will not grow without attempting to do things you are unable to do.
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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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Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.
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There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn’t. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.
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The sad thing is that many of us come to Christ because we are sinners, and then spend the rest of our lives trying to pretend that we are not!
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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.
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A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has an infection, the immune system deals with it. Similarly, a group enforces its norms, either actively or passively.
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He is the Truth, and He wants us to deal in truth with ourselves and our loved ones. We want the truth about you and your family to flood into and overrun the secrets that keep you in bondage to dysfunctional behavior and relationships.
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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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Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.
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Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.
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In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
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