Henry Cloud Quotes

If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, that's what you expect to gain.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

Relationships have to have a give and take if they're going to work in the long term.

Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms of "me-my wants, my needs, my rights? What would wisdom dictate - would it not direct us to focus on trust-building principles and sacrificing 'me' for 'we'?"

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.

The best relationships are when you both want to make each other happy - you buy the groceries, I do the dishes.

Women tend to take care of men a lot, but I like a guy who balances that out and takes care of me, too.

My wife and I don't compete. We know each other's preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That's what friends do.

I've definitely been in relationships where I've given too much, and I've been in relationships where I haven't given enough. I think it's a work in progress. I have to find that person where it clicks.

Love is a game that two can play and both win.

I don't think any relation can work if one dominates. It has to be an equal relation for it to be successful and happy.

Marriage is not just about love. It is more than that. It is about commitment, giving, taking, and understanding.

Marriage is not all rainbows and butterflies; you have to give in to your partner's whims every now and then, and that's a two-way street.

When it comes to relationship compromise, it's a fine balance between doing something for your own happiness, and finding happiness in being of service to another person, in whatever way that ends up being.

We have this rule in our marriage, there's no such thing as 50/50. Somebody is always putting in more.

I think if somebody doesn't have the time to work on a relationship, then they shouldn't get into it.

Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they're trying to find someone who's going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.

Love needs the stiffening of respect, the give and take of equality.

Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.

If you're in a relationship and you want to make it work, you have to be a little selfless at times.

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

No relationship works without making an effort. That goes without saying. But you should never overcompensate.