Henry Cloud Quotes

If you had asked me when I was 28 and in my wedding dress if I ever thought I would end up in my forties flipping my husband the bird over potato chips, I'd say you were crazy.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.

Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.

When I see something that needs to be corrected, I may talk to a store manager. I don't want to demoralize people when it's beyond their control.

Relationships are two people; everyone is accountable. A lot goes into a relationship coming together, and a lot goes into a relationship falling apart. Even if it's 98 percent the other person's fault, it's 2 percent yours.... You can only clean up your side of the street.

I devoutly believe that there is no difficulty between two people for which both are not responsible.

Never ask a man where's he's been. If he's out on legitimate business, he doesn't need an alibi. And, girls, if he has been out on illegitimate business, it's your own fault.

He who has found a good wife has found great happiness, but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in the rain.

Communication is the root of marital success from which a strong union can grow, and noncommunicatio n is the rock on which the ship will bash out her keel.

Marriage doesn't create problems. It reveals them. You bring unresolved stuff into it.

The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.

Some couples divorce because of a misunderstandin g; others, because they understand each other too well.

Marriage. The beginning and the end are wonderful. But the middle part is hell.

A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.

It is the church's responsibility, the government's responsibility, and the personal responsibility of every one of us to love.

Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.

It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up.

Women tend to immediately take responsibility if somebody messes up with both of us saying it's our fault. Men are quite happy for it to be your fault it seems like.

Marriage is about becoming a team. You’re going to spend the rest of your life learning about each other, and every now and then, things blow up. But the beauty of marriage is that if you picked the right person and you both love each other, you’ll always figure out a way to get through it.

I'd turn off the internet for a month and make us actually talk to each other, and be responsible for your opinions and not be able to hide behind the anonymity of the cyber-wall to speak your mind. To actually have to face people and see their reactions and discuss it - actually discuss it. It won't happen. Unless the grid goes down.

Sorry, I said to myself, wondering how many times in my marriage I'd said that, how many times I'd meant it, how many times Claire had actually believed it, and, most important, how many times the utterance had any impact whatsoever on our dispute. What a lovely chart one could draw of this word Sorry.

It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.