Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
HENRY CLOUDDating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.
More Henry Cloud Quotes
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When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform, sends fuel to the brain.
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We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.
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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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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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You will not grow without attempting to do things you are unable to do.
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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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Christianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.
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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.
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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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Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.
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It is true that you get what you tolerate.
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Just as we leave the effects of our work behind in results, we leave the effects of our interactions with people in their hearts, minds, and souls.
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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.
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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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Diligence is not easy, but we can’t reach our goals without it.
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