Ask yourself: Does the action I am considering have any potential for dealing with the wrong and helping the relationship? And is… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
If we are to develop an intimate relationship, we need to know each other's desires. If we wish to love each other,… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Each person has the potential of making a positive impact on the world. It all depends on what you do with what… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Respect begins with this attitude: "I acknowledge that you are a creature of extreme worth. God has endowed you with certain abilities… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
What is emotional intimacy? It is that depp sense of being connected to one another. It is feeling loved, respected and appreciated,… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
I hope the reader's sense that I am deeply empathetic with the pain of being in a desperate marriage, but I also… — 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
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
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
When I admit my own imperfections, it doesn't mean I am a bad person. — 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
The in-love experience does not focus on our own growth or on the growth and development of the other person. Rather, it… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
The person who is "in-love" has the ilusion that his beloved is perfect. — 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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