True love cannot begin until the "in love" experience has run it's course. — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Lack of love from parents often motivates their children to go searching for love in other relationships. This search is often misguided… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
It is universal to give gifts as an expression of love. My academic background is anthropology, the study of cultures. We have… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Love is the fundamental building block of all human relationships. It will greatly impact our values and morals. Love is the important… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“But if, once we return to the real world of human choice, we choose to be kind and generous, that is real… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
..there is hope. That's the marvelous thing about being human. We can change our future. We need not be enslaved by the… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“In the heart of the teenager, love has to do with connection, acceptance, and nurture. Connection requires the physical presence of the… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.” — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Dr. Dorothy Tennov, a psychologist, has done long-range studies on the in-love phenomenon. After studying scores of couples, she concluded that the… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Over the long haul, many of those people [in a difficult marriage] will begin to reciprocate, because you are meeting a basic… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
For love, we will climb mountains, cross seas, traverse desert sands, and endure untold hardships. Without love, mountains become unclimbable, seas uncrossable,… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Without love, mountains become unclimbable, seas uncrossable, deserts unbearable, and hardships our lot in life.” — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Conflicts are not a sign you've married the wrong person. They simply affirm you are human. — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Inside every child is an ‘emotional tank’ waiting to be filled with love.” — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Love can be expressed and received in all five languages. However, if you don't speak a person's primary love language, that person… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Covenant love is conscious love. It is intentional love. It is commitment to love no matter what. It requires thought and action.… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Gifts need not be expensive; after all, "it's the thuoght that counts." But I remind you, it is not the thought left… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Remember that your ultimate goal is for your children to grow up secure in your love, strong in their faith, and with… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
You cannot force someone to accept an expression of love. You can only offer it. If it is not accepted, you must… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Life is filled with opportunities to express love by acts of service.” — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Marriages are always moving from one season to another. Sometimes we find ourselves in winter--discouraged, detached, and dissatisfied; other times we experience springtime, with… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Something in our nature cries out to be loved by another. Isolation is devastating to the human psyche. That is why solitary confinement is… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Most of us have more potential than we will ever develop. What holds us back is often a lack of courage. — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
On the other hand, if I walk in the house, I don't even bother to find her, I just walk in the den and… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“I look for three things in hiring people. The first is personal integrity, the second is intelligence, and the third is a high energy… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Love is always freely given. Love cannot be demanded. We can request things of each other, but we must never demand anything. Requests give… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Psychologist William James said that possibly the deepest human need is the need to feel appreciated.” — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness. — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Sometimes when the spouse is really the culprit, it is hard to admit what you consider your little failures, but if you are going… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“There is a third truth, which only the mature lover will be able to hear. My spouse’s criticisms about my behavior provide me with… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
The getting out part [of advise] may well be true. Because if you have tried the tender love thing... typically the abuser is not… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
I wrote this book [ Desperate Marriages] because of my own marriage. My wife and I struggled greatly in the early years of marriage.… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
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