349 Quotes by Henry Cloud

In order for any of us to become fully functioning members of society, we must learn an interdependent dance with the community in which we live. We need each other. We need our friends. We need teaching and information from sources other than our parents. When we learn to use the community to meet our needs for relationship and truth, we can then be grounded wherever we find ourselves in life.

Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other’s space and are champions of each other’s causes.

Just as homeowners set physical property lines around their land, we need to set mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual boundaries for our lives to help us distinguish what is our responsibility and what isn’t.

Frustration is a key ingredient to growth. The child who is never frustrated never develops frustration tolerance.

Self-control is a big deal in human performance. Getting better depends upon it. You cannot get better if it’s not you who has to get better. You are the performer, period. You are the only thing you can control.

The physicality of a real relationship – one that encompasses mind, body and soul – ultimately makes it more fulfilling and powerful than any virtual relationship ever could be.

God’s solution for “I can’t live that way anymore” is basically, “Good! Don’t live that way anymore. Set firm limits against evil behavior that are designed to promote change and redemption. Get the love and support you need from other places to take the kind of stance that I do to help redeem relationship. Suffer long, but suffer in the right way.” And when done God’s way, chances are much better for redemption.

Envy says, “What is inside me is bad. What is outside me is good. I hate anyone who has something I desire.

Where there is deception there is no relationship.