Top 280 Gary Chapman Quotes (2023 Update)
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151. “When you’re through changing, you’re through.” Bruce Barton.”

— Gary Chapman

152. “Gifts are visual symbols of love.”

— Gary Chapman

153. “If we speak only our primary language and encounter someone else who speaks only his or her primary language, which is different from ours, our communication will be limited. We must rely on pointing, grunting, drawing pictures, or acting out our ideas. We can communicate, but it is awkward. Language differences are part and parcel of human culture. If we are to communicate effectively across cultural lines, we must learn the language of those with whom we wish to communicate.”

— Gary Chapman

154. “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.”

— Gary Chapman

155. “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.”

— Gary Chapman

156. “People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. WILL ROGERS.”

— Gary Chapman

157. “Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying ‘Make Me Feel Important.’ Never forget that when working with people.” Mary Kay Ash.”

— Gary Chapman

158. “A gentle answer turns away wrath.”

— Gary Chapman

159. “The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love. It is a fact, however, that when we receive afirming words we are far more likely to be motivated to reciprocate.”

— Gary Chapman

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

— Gary Chapman

161. “Sometimes our words say one thing, but our tone of voice says another.”

— Gary Chapman

162. “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.”

— Gary Chapman

163. “When you take your place as the authority figure in your home, your child will feel more safe in the real world, not the screen world.”

— Gary Chapman

164. “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.”

— Gary Chapman

165. “Love helps those that are hard to pray for turn into people who are easy to pray for. – Donna Collins Tinsley –.”

— Gary Chapman

166. “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.”

— Gary Chapman

167. “A supportive environment and attitude will help our children learn at home. Children are more emotional than cognitive – that is, they remember feelings more readily than they do facts. This means that your children remember how they felt in a particular situation much more easily than they recall the details of the event. For instance, a child listening to a story will remember exactly how she felt long after she forgets the lesson.”

— Gary Chapman

168. “If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? – Matthew 18:12 niv.”

— Gary Chapman

169. “Those who say it is hypocritical to take positive action when they have negative feelings are operating on the assumption that the true self is determined by emotions. I am suggesting that is a false premise, and to the degree that it has permeated Western thinking, it has been detrimental to family relationships. In.”

— Gary Chapman

170. “Something in our nature cries out to be loved by another. Isolation is devastating to the human psyche. That is why solitary confinement is considered the cruelest of punishments. At the heart of humankind’s existence is the desire to be intimate and to be loved by another.”

— Gary Chapman

171. “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is sadness, joy; where there is darkness, light.”

— Gary Chapman

172. “One way to express love emotionally is to use words that build up. Solomon, author of the ancient Hebrew Wisdom Literature, wrote, “The tongue has the power of life and death.”2 Many couples have never learned the tremendous power of verbally affirming each other. Solomon further noted, “An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.”

— Gary Chapman

173. “Strew nuggets of affirmation and caring along your path today; you never know whose day you’ll brighten. – Mary Kay Moody.”

— Gary Chapman

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

— Gary Chapman

175. “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.”

— Gary Chapman

176. “Remember love, not hate, equals peace.”

— Gary Chapman

177. “Sunt absolut uluit cat de multi oameni isi strica ziua de azi pentru ziua de ieri. Ei insista sa readuca in discutie neajunsurile zilei de ieri si in felul acesta distrug si ziua minunata care ar putea fi azi.”

— Gary Chapman

178. “The greatest remedy for anger is delay. SENECA.”

— Gary Chapman

179. “Loving others sometimes requires a love far greater and purer than our own. – Dawn Lilly.”

— Gary Chapman

180. “The ones we love often don’t need our judgment – they need our prayers. – Dianne Fraser –.”

— Gary Chapman

181. “Keep in mind that one aspect of feeling encouraged is feeling good physically. Exuberance and vitality require energy; this means as parents we need to be in the best possible health physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. When we feel encouraged, we are better able to encourage our children.”

— Gary Chapman

182. “Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse’s perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement. With verbal encouragement, we are trying to communicate, “I know. I care. I am with you. How can I help?” We are trying to show that we believe in him and in his abilities. We are giving credit and praise.”

— Gary Chapman

183. “Often little blessings bring big benefits. – Caitlin M. Vukorpa.”

— Gary Chapman

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

— Gary Chapman

185. “Psychologist William James said that possibly the deepest human need is the need to feel appreciated.”

— Gary Chapman

186. “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.”

— Gary Chapman

187. “Camp out in the living room. Spread your blankets and pillows on the floor. Get your Pepsi and popcorn. Pretend the TV is broken and talk like you used to when you were dating. Talk till the sun comes up or something else happens. If the floor gets too hard, go back upstairs and go to bed. You won’t forget this evening!”

— Gary Chapman

188. “True Christianity does more than feel empathy for those in need. True Christianity meets that need. – James Stuart Bell –.”

— Gary Chapman

189. “Many people mess up every new day with what happened yesterday. They insist on bringing into today the failures of yesterday, and in so doing pollute a potentially wonderful day. When bitterness, resentment, and revenge are allowed to live in the human heart, words of affirmation will be impossible to speak. The best thing we can do with past failures is to let them be history.”

— Gary Chapman

190. “The most essential emotional element in a happy and healthy marriage is love.”

— Gary Chapman

191. “May God teach us to enjoy serving others as a sign of our love for Him. – Pat Stockett Johnston –.”

— Gary Chapman

192. “We cannot erase the past. We can only confess it and agree that it was wrong. We can ask for forgiveness and try to act differently in the future.”

— Gary Chapman

193. “I’ve been wanting to ask someone this for a long time,” he said. “What happens to the love after you get married?”

— Gary Chapman

194. “Author Ambrose Bierce said, “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”

— Gary Chapman

195. “We need the richness of many good counselors all through our lives and an attitude that nurtures them. That way, we may find the clarity and resilience we need when things go awry.”

— Gary Chapman

196. “Only by God’s divine love can we truly forgive from the heart. – Jessica Talbot –.”

— Gary Chapman

197. “For example, a wife might pressure her husband to look for a more lucrative job. The wife thinks she’s encouraging her spouse, but to him it sounds more like condemnation. But if he has the desire and motivation to seek a better position, her words will bolster his resolve. Until he has that desire, her words will come across as judgmental and guilt inducing. They express not love but rejection.”

— Gary Chapman

198. “Please hang in there and do what is best for your children, knowing that your love will make the difference between children who are well-adjusted and happy and those who are insecure, angry, inaccessible, and immature.”

— Gary Chapman

199. “Investing in friendship and love always brings great returns. – Edie Melson –.”

— Gary Chapman

200. “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.”

— Gary Chapman