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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

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

Never say to a third party something about someone that you do not plan to say to the person himself. — Henry Cloud

Clarity leads to attention and attention leads to results. — Henry Cloud

Blame is one of the gravest problems we face, spiritually and emotionally. It keeps us more concerned about being "good" than about being honest. — Henry Cloud

The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present. — Henry Cloud

Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger. — Henry Cloud

Mother Earth is not a machine — Henry Red Cloud

Part. The sin God rebukes is not trying and failing, but failing to try. Trying, failing, and trying again is called learning. — Henry Cloud

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

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

finding the other person's heart is more important than getting that person to see that you are right. — Henry Cloud

Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step. — Henry Cloud

Your feelings are your responsability — Henry Cloud

You aren't alive if you aren't in need. — Henry Cloud

When two people are free to disagree, they are free to love. When they are not free, they live in fear, and love dies. — 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

See yonder little cloud, that, borne aloft So tenderly by the wind, floats fast away Over the snowy peaks! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Some poems are like the Centaurs
a mingling of man and beast, and begotten of Ixion on a cloud. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

You will not grow without attempting to do things you are unable to do. — Henry Cloud

The point here is that grace can be available to us, but we might not be available to grace. — Henry Cloud

You can't master people, but you can become a master at choosing and dealing with people. — Henry Cloud

They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation. — Henry Ward Beecher

Amy had a secret place deep inside where no one was ever invited. — Henry Cloud

The power of being in the physical presence of another person delivers real benefits. — Henry Cloud

Something about me scares people away. — Henry Cloud

Part of being made in God's image is having a need to be in relationship. — Henry Cloud

These actions can lead to the martyr syndrome, in which people sacrifice their own desires to arouse feelings of pity or guilt in others. — Henry Cloud

The best way to advance in a career is to get great results while working with people. — Henry Cloud

Experiencing life as a victim instead of living it purposefully with a feeling of self-control. — Henry Cloud

The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship. — Henry Cloud

God's plan for us is to be loved enough by him and others, to not feel isolated - even when we're alone.2 — Henry Cloud

you can't really have self-control until you give up other-control. — Henry Cloud

Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else. — Henry Cloud

Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen. — Henry Cloud

Our kids aren't an annuity for our retirement, social system, or medical frailty. — Henry Cloud

A person who hasn't grieved a significant loss has unfinished business inside and can cause others great grief as a result. — Henry Cloud

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

It is true that you get what you tolerate. — Henry Cloud

Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality. — Henry Cloud

The ultimate answer, then, to the problem of pain is a person. It's God himself. — Henry Cloud

We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them. — Henry Cloud

Character = the ability to meet the demands of reality. — Henry Cloud

Passing thoughts can sometimes indicate unconscious preoccupations that may need to be examined. — Henry Cloud

Hope deferred makes the heart sick (Prov. 13:12). — Henry Cloud

We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we're going to need the next day. — Henry Cloud

Every human being must have boundaries in order to have successful relationships or a successful performance in life. — Henry Cloud

People who forgive can - and should - also be people who confront. What is not confessed can't be forgiven. — Henry Cloud

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

Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over. — Henry Cloud

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. — Henry Cloud

When one person is in control of another, love cannot grow deeply and fully, as there is no freedom. — Henry Cloud

Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person. — Henry Cloud

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

2 Thessalonians 3:10, If a man will not work, he shall not eat. — Henry Cloud

Avoidance of risk is the greatest risk of all. — Henry Cloud

Many people give out of obligation and compulsion, which leads to resentment. — Henry Cloud

Since the Fall, our instincts have been to withdraw from relationship when we're in trouble, when we most need other people. (Remember — Henry Cloud

getting better is not about just 'willing' better performance. It's about becoming someone who performs better, and performs differently. — Henry Cloud

Part of executive functions is the ability to look to a goal deadline and assess where an organization is in meeting it. — Henry Cloud

A runner can never see the finish line in the middle of a marathon, — Henry Cloud

1. Whose problem is this?
2. What can I do to help him experience the problem?
3. What am I doing to keep him from experiencing the problem? — Henry Cloud

By unseen hands uplifted in the light Of sunset, yonder solitary cloud Floats, with its white apparel blown abroad, And wafted up to heaven. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

A second chance is not a repeat of the first chance. A second chance is a moving forward to something new. — Henry Cloud

You will be amazed how much can change in your life when you finally begin to let go of what you can never have. All — Henry Cloud

Closed systems run down and get more chaotic over time. Always get better by being 'open' to outside energy and templates of better ways to function. — Henry Cloud

Love is at the heart of marriage, as it is at the heart of God himself (1 John 4:16). — Henry Cloud

When you cease to blame your spous eand own the problem as yours, you are then empowered to make changes to solve your problem. — Henry Cloud

Is your home a retreat from responsibility, or a place of movement and growth? — Henry Cloud

When leaders lead in ways that people's brains can follow, good results follow as well. — Henry Cloud

Diligence is not easy, but we can't reach our goals without it. — Henry Cloud

The opposite of bad is not good.The opposite of bad is love — Henry Cloud

Encourage your child to think for himself, disagree, and talk about his feelings while accepting your authority. — Henry Cloud

Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about. — Henry Cloud

When things are darkest, God shines his light the brightest. — Henry Cloud

Sometimes there is bleeding when you cut out a cancer. — Henry Cloud

For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted" (Ps. 109:16, — Henry Cloud

There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn't. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes. — Henry Cloud

When truth presents itself, the wise person sees the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. — Henry Cloud

Do not let an out-of-control person be the cue for you to change your course. Just allow him to be angry and decide for yourself what you need to do. — Henry Cloud

Happiness comes as a by-product of the "life well lived." And — Henry Cloud

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

Adaptability is one of the strengths that vaults a person into adulthood. — Henry Cloud

When we succeed in blaming someone for our problems, we still are no closer to a solution for them. — Henry Cloud

Victims declare,"The world is responsible for me," and never do anything to better their quality of life. — Henry Cloud

Christianity is not about morality. It's about reality. — Henry Cloud

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. — Henry Cloud

Paul says, if we choose to live by the Spirit, we will live; if we choose to follow our sinful nature, we will die (Rom. 8:13). — Henry Cloud

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

Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people. — Henry Cloud

To be truly biblical, as well as truly effective, the growth process must include the Body of Christ. — Henry Cloud

Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel. — Henry Cloud

To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships. — Henry Cloud

The sin God rebukes is not trying and failing, but failing to try. — Henry Cloud

Instead of doing what many compliant people do when they wake up and find themselves lost, she didn't leave the relationship to find herself. — Henry Cloud

True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree. — Henry Cloud

A strong strand throughout the Bible stresses that you are to GIVE to needs and put LIMITS on sin. Boundaries help you do just that. — Henry Cloud

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

Safe people will help you help your child. — Henry Cloud