331 Quotes by Gary Chapman

Positive, affirming relationsips bring great pleasure while poor relationship brings great pain. Great happiness found in good relationships, greatest pain found in bad relationships.

We like to sense that our efforts are appreciated, and that our spouse sees something good in us. When we are affirmed, we aspire to be better.

I remembered all those years, including the day she was ten and announced to the family that when she grew up she was going to be a doctor and help people...Now at twenty, there she was in college enrolled in Davidson’s premedical major, pursuing her dream. I confess that I could not hold back the tears of joy.

In marriage, the love language of physical touch includes everything from putting a hand in your mate's shoulder as you walk by, touching his or her leg when you're driving together, and holding hands while you're walking to kissing, embracing and sexual intercourse.

Raising a child with special needs changed the dynamics of our family, touching all of us in significant ways.

An apology has more impact when it's specific.

Those we care about most are those most affected by our apologies.

Apologizing to oneself requires self-talk.

What most people are looking for in an apology is sincerity.