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…

- Henry Cloud

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 …

- Henry Cloud

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

- Henry Cloud

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

- 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