Quotes from Gary Chapman

Can emotional love be reborn in a marriage? You bet. The key is to learn the primary love language of your spouse and choose to speak it.

I'm now much less of an asset to the company than I could be. I keep my head down and for self-preservation just do my work with little conversation with anyone. Yet the irony is this: in my self-preservation, I'm actually destroying myself. In bottling up my unexpressed feelings, I'm making myself sick emotionally and physically.

We are relational creatures. All humans live in community and most people seek social interaction. In western culture, isolation is seen as one of the most stringent of punishments. Even criminals do not aspire to solitary confinement.

You may truly love your child, but unless she feels it—she will not feel loved.

Loving others sometimes requires a love far greater and purer than our own. — Dawn Lilly

In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all. —Isaiah 11:6

You can simply remember that behavioral expressions of love can be divided into physical touch, quality time, gifts, acts of service, and words of affirmation.

The tongue has the power of life and death."1

Investing in friendship and love always brings great returns. — Edie Melson —

When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. —Psalm 94:19

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry. WINSTON CHURCHILL

A gift is a gift only when given as a genuine expression of love, not as an effort to cover over past failures.

The decisions we make regarding vocation, child rearing, education, civic and church involvement, and other areas of life create changes that affect our marriage relationships. The manner in which couples process these changes will determine the quality of their marriages.

Genuine service demands that we speak the truth in love. We do not serve each other by avoiding one another's weaknesses.

In recent years, many research studies have come to the same conclusion: Babies who are held, caressed, and kissed develop a healthier emotional life than those who are left for long periods of time without physical contact.

I may not feel significant until someone expresses love to me.

The apostle Paul stated it clearly when he said, "In your anger do not sin" (Ephesians 4:26). The challenge is not "Don't get angry;" the challenge is not to sin when we are angry.

The key to quality time is found in the values and priorities you as parents determine to cherish and implement in your home.

A child who misbehaves has a need. To overlook the need behind the misbehavior can prevent us from doing the right thing. Asking ourselves, "What can I do to correct my child's behavior?" often leads to thoughtless punishment. Asking, "What does my child need?" lets us proceed with confidence that we will handle the situation well.

True love cannot begin until the in-love experience has run its course. We cannot take credit for the kind and generous things we do while under the influence of the obsession.

In processing anger toward someone with whom you have a relationship, two questions are paramount: 1. Is my response positive—does it have the potential for dealing with the wrong and healing the relationship? 2. Is my response loving—is it designed for the benefit of the person at whom I am angry?

may be offended. She thinks I wasn't doing my job

Inside every child is an 'emotional tank' waiting to be filled with love.

Most of us have more potential than we will ever develop. What holds us back is often courage.