Henry Cloud Quotes

Christianity is not about morality. It's about reality.

Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as "Taking," you are not getting it.

Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.

People tend to look at dating sort of like a safari - like they're trying to land the trophy.

Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears.

To grow, we need things that we do not have and cannot provide, and we need to have a source of those things who looks favorably upon us and who does things for us for our own good.

Being right can never compete with doing well.

One of the worst things you can die with is potential.

A leader's responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.

Things don't change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it.

Dating is primarily a numbers game.... People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That's just the way it is.

In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are ridiculously in charge, then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

Just as we leave the effects of our work behind in results, we leave the effects of our interactions with people in their hearts, minds, and souls.

Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.

You aren't alive if you aren't in need.

I'm not an expert in the sociological realities of all the pastors in the world, but I would say that there are some very, very positive things about the state of integrity in church leaders.

There's no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.

If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.

I fell in love with the topic of leadership. For three decades, that has been a major focus of my hands-on work: listening to and working with leaders, their teams and their organizations.

In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are 'ridiculously in charge, ' then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

People with a style of denial and blaming are definitely on the list of unsafe people to avoid. 10.

Be wary of someone who has never failed, or seem to have no faults... Too good to be true usually is. Perfection hides something.

Be careful not to give your child the impression that you love her perfect, performing parts more than you do her mediocre, stumbling parts.

Setting boundaries isn't an alternative to loving your child. It is a means of loving her.

As a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: What you create and What you allow.

When leaders lead in ways that people’s brains can follow, good results follow as well.

Clarity leads to attention and attention leads to results.

The most basic boundary-setting word is “no.” It lets others know that we exist apart from them and that we are in control of ourselves.

This is one of the marks of a truly safe person: they are confrontable.