The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
The physicality of a real relationship - one that encompasses mind, body and soul - ultimately makes it more fulfilling and powerful… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other's space and are champions of each other's causes. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“In a healthy relationship, each partner is responsible for his own feelings, attitudes, behaviors, and choices. And each partner holds the other… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Instead of doing what many compliant people do when they wake up and find themselves lost, she didn’t leave the relationship “to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Every relationship has problems, because every person has problems, and the place that our problems appear most glaringly is in our close… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Barry was a nice guy. But I realized we weren’t connecting. What I had thought was a relationship was actually auditory masturbation;… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
I do believe there are things that we desire that are not in the cards. But more often than not, when people… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
When a person travels through a few years with an organization, or with a partnership, or any other kind of working association,… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“That’s why time-friendly people tend to make fewer emotional commitments than my friend Bernard does. They have a profound understanding of how… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present. — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“Are we paying attention to what is important, inhibiting the things that will not help or will hurt us, and keeping current?” — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“Neglecting them leads to spiritual and emotional problems; having them met, however, frees us to meet the needs of others cheerfully and without resentment.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“we need people to whom we can talk and who will understand without invalidating our feelings by saying the following: You shouldn’t feel that… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“What appear to be dangerous and even bad periods in some lives can actually bring them closer to the Lord, because these individuals honestly… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“We are drawn to Jesus because “he learned obedience from what he suffered” (Heb. 5:8). People who are growing up are also drawn to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy, and you have to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
Dont use all-or-nothing thinking. Take each day as its own day, and dont worry about it if you mess up one day. The most… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel. — Henry Cloud Copy Share
Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives. — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“Forgiveness and opening up to more abuse are not the same thing. Forgiveness has to do with the past. Reconciliation and boundaries have to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“The old saying, “Don’t get mad. Just get even” isn’t accurate. It’s far better to say, “Don’t get mad. Set a limit!” Myth” — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“When we fail to express our needs, we remain islands unto ourselves—detached, alone, arrogant, and proud. But when we expose our needs, we are… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“Receiving forgiveness when we know we’ve truly blown it is a humbling and growth-producing experience. It’s the only thing better than forgiving someone else.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
