Gary Chapman Quotes

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• I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
• Conflicts are not a sign you've married the wrong person. They simply affirm you are human.
• Before I discovered the concept of the 5 love languages, a bit of advice I was given was to become a student of my wife…
• A child may be "spoiled" by a lack of training or by inappropriate love that gives or trains incorrectly.
• Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment.
• I am amazed by how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday.
• Don't be a victim of the urgent. In the long run, much of what seems so pressing right now won't even matter. What you do…
• Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we…
• I would encourage you to make your own investigation of the one whom, as He died, prayed for those who killed Him: 'Father forgive them…
• What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage.
• The in-love experience does not focus on our own growth or on the growth and development of the other person. Rather, it gives us the…
• The person who is "in-love" has the ilusion that his beloved is perfect.
• Real love" - "This kind of love is emotional in nature but not obsessional. It is a love that unites reason and emotion. It involves…
• Love is a choice you make everyday.
• People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the deepest emotional need.
• Something in our nature cries out to be loved by another. Isolation is devastating to the human psyche. That is why solitary confinement is considered…
• For love, we will climb mountains, cross seas, traverse desert sands, and endure untold hardships. Without love, mountains become unclimbable, seas uncrossable, deserts unbearable, and…
• We fail to reckon with the reality of human nature. By nature,we are egocentric. Our world revolves around us. None of us is totally altruistic.
• Love doesn't erase the past, but it makes the future different.
• Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.

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