Quotes from Gary Chapman

All research indicates that an intimate marriage provides the safest and most productive climate for raising children

As children get older, we tend to condemn them for their failures rather then commend them for their success.

No siempre podemos cambiar las circunstancias, pero podemos sobrevivir si nos sentimos amados.

Quality time means giving a child undivided attention. For a small child, it means sitting on the floor...)You must get down on the child's level if you eventually want to lead them to the adult world.

I liked the metaphor the first time I heard it: "Inside every child is an 'emotional tank' waiting to be filled with love. When a child really feels loved, he will develop normally, but when the love tank is empty, the child will misbehave.

We have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. —1 Peter 1:4

Nothing works well if a child's love needs are not met. Only the child who feels genuinely loved and cared for can do her best. You may truly love your child, but unless she feels it—unless you speak the love language that communicates to her your love—she will not feel loved. Filling the

The word encourage means "to inspire courage." All

The best thing we can do with the failures of the past is to let them be history. Yes, it happened. Certainly it hurt. And it may still hurt, but he has acknowledged his failure and asked your forgiveness. We cannot erase the past, but we can accept it as history. We can choose to live today free from the failures of yesterday. Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay. SENECA

All research indicates that the most significant influence on the life of a teenager comes from his or her parents.

In every vocation, those who truly excel have genuine desire to serve others.

These cozy bedtime stories reflect a universal need that we never outgrow: the need to know that someone, somewhere, loves us without restraint or condition.

During the next several years, the child's ability to express love increases, and if he continues to receive love, he will increasingly give love.

We can request love, but we cannot demand love.

Feedback is a gift only when it comes from a person who has earned your trust.

Most of us have more potential than we will ever develop. What holds us back is often a lack of courage. A loving spouse can supply that all-important catalyst.

Love in a way that those who don't know God will see your kindness and know Him because of you. — Jill Thompson

That's the marvelous thing about being human. We can change our future. We need not be enslaved by experiences of the past. We can learn to love even when we have not received love.

Estaba pensando en ti. Estabas conmigo, incluso cuando te encontrabas fuera"»

Psychologists have concluded that the need to feel loved is a primary human emotional need. For love, we will climb mountains, cross seas, traverse desert sands, and endure untold hardships. Without love, mountains become unclimbable, seas uncrossable, deserts unbearable, and hardship our lot in life.

In the context of marriage, if we do not feel loved, our differences are magnified. We come to view each other as a threat to our happiness. We fight for self-worth and significance, and marriage becomes a battlefield rather than a haven.

THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES Words of Affirmation Quality Time Receiving Gifts Acts of Service Physical Touch

Before marriage, we are carried along by the force of the in-love obsession. After marriage, we revert to being the people we were before we "fell in love.