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One of the worst things you can die with is potential.

Henry Cloud

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Henry Cloud
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 17
Preacher
Psychologist
Vicksburg
Mississippi
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When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
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Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.
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You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.
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Marriage is not slavery. It is based on a love relationship deeply rooted in freedom. Each partner is free from the other and therefore free to love the other. Where there is control, or perception of control, there is not love. Love only exists where there is freedom.
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To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
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Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.
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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.
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Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.
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In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
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Endings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.
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Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.
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A leader's responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.
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It is true that you get what you tolerate.
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Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
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There is a big difference between hurt and harm. We all hurt sometimes in facing hard truths, but it makes us grow. It can be the source of huge growth. That is not harmful. Harm is when you damage someone. Facing reality is usually not a damaging experience, even though it can hurt.
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The mature person meets the demands of life, while the immature person demands that life meet her demands.
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If you continue to blame other people for “making” you feel guilty, they still have power over you, and you are saying that you will only feel good when they stop doing that. You are giving them control over your life. Stop blaming other people.
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Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel.
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Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.
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