Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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When we ask we are owning our needs. Asking for love, comfort or understanding is a transaction between two people. You are saying: I have a need. It's not your problem. It's not your responsibility. You don't have to respond, but I'd like something from you. This frees the other person to connect with you freely and without obligation. When we own that our needs are our responsibility we allow others to love us because we have something to offer. Asking is a far cry from demanding. When we demand love, we destroy it.

Henry Cloud's Popular Quotes

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

- Henry Cloud

Whatever's happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don't treat it like it's the whole story. Keep writing the story.

- Henry Cloud

Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.

- Henry Cloud

When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform... sends fuel to the brain.

- Henry Cloud

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us t…

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Getting to the next level always requires ending something, leaving it behind, and moving on. Growth demands that we move on. Without the ability to …

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A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.

- Henry Cloud

Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.

- Henry Cloud

The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.

- Henry Cloud