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 CLOUDEndings 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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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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Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
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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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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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One of the worst things you can die with is potential.
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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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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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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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Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.
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When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
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We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them.
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Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.
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The human heart will seek to be known, understood, and connected with above all else. If you do not connect, the ones you care about will find someone who will.
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The opposite of bad is not good.The opposite of bad is love
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To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
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To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.
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Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen.
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If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy and you have to be connected to a community that is doing what you want to do.
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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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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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Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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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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You aren’t alive if you aren’t in need.
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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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Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger.
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The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that’s present.
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