“In fact, true love cannot begin until the in-love experience has run its course.” — 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
“THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES Words of Affirmation Quality Time Receiving Gifts Acts of Service Physical Touch” — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
I have been doing marriage counseling for about 15 years and I realized that what makes one person feel loved, doesn't make… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Love doesn't keep a score of wrongs. Love doesn't bring up past failures. (1 Cor 13:5) — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Verbal compliments, or words of appreciation, are powerful communicators of love.” — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Love is the most powerful weapon in the world for good. I really believe that. — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
The fastest way to have a loving, supportive, understanding spouse is to become a loving, supportive, understanding spouse. — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
You need to listen to your friends when they point out things about the person you're in love with. Listen to them,… — 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
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
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
“Third, one who is "in love" is not genuinely interested in fostering the personal growth of the other person. "If we have… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
I thought the whole thing was you fall in love with somebody, and it's so wonderful, and it's so euphoric, and it's… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Before marriage, we are carried along by the force of the in-love obsession. After marriage, we revert to being the people we… — 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
Once you identify and learn to speak your spouse’s primary love language, I believe that you will have discovered the key to… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“He was a sincere husband who failed to understand the tremendous power of presence. His being there for his wife was more… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Love doesn’t keep a score of wrongs. Love doesn’t bring up past failures. None of us is perfect. In marriage we do… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Good marriages are built upon a combination of emotional love and a common commitment to a core of beliefs about what is… — 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
Sometimes when the spouse is really the culprit, it is hard to admit what you consider your little failures, but if you… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Before I discovered the concept of the 5 love languages, a bit of advice I was given was to become a student… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Learning the love language of acts of service will require some of us to reexamine our stereotypes of the roles of husbands… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“People who are "in love" lose interest in other pursuits. That is why we call it "obsession.” — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
The desire for romantic love in marriage is deeply rooted in our psychological makeup. — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
The one who chooses to love will find appropriate ways to express that decision everyday. — 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
“With enough criticism, you may get acquiescence from your spouse. He may do what you want, but probably it will not be… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
“Love is the most important word in the English language--and the most confusing.” — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Much of the misbehavior of children is motivated by the cravings of an empty LOVE TANK. — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love. — 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
“Often we fail to consider the fact that our social, spiritual, and intellectual interests are miles apart. Our value systems and goals… — 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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“Psychologist William James said that possibly the deepest human need is the need to feel appreciated.” — Gary Chapman Copy Share
I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness. — Gary Chapman Copy Share
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
“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
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
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
As a senior in high school, I had a strong sense that God wanted me in some kind of ministry. — Gary Chapman Copy Share
We all desperately need love. If a spouse in a difficult marriage will learn the love language of that spouse, and they will, with… — Gary Chapman Copy Share
“If acts of service do not come naturally for you, it is still a love language worth acquiring. It is a way of expressing… — Gary Chapman Copy Share
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