The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set Quotes

“Physical presence in the time of crisis is the most powerful gift you can give if your spouse’s primary love language is receiving gifts.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“In each of life’s events, we have emotions, thoughts, desires, and eventually actions. The expression of that process is called self-revelation.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“The place to begin is by getting in touch with his feelings, becoming aware that he is an emotional creature in spite of the fact that he has denied that part of his life.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“By the time we reach adulthood, many of us have learned to deny our feelings. We are no longer in touch with our emotional selves.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“My goal is to discover your thoughts and feelings. My objective is not to defend myself or to set you straight. It is to understand you.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“Most of us have little training in listening. We are far more efficient in thinking and speaking. Learning to listen may be as difficult as learning a foreign language, but learn we must, if we want to communicate love.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“a request creates the possibility for an expression of love, whereas a demand suffocates that possibility.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“If, however, we make our needs and desires known in the form of a request, we are giving guidance, not ultimatums.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“How do we meet each other’s deep, emotional need to feel loved? If we can learn that and choose to do it, then the love we share will be exciting beyond anything we ever felt when we were infatuated.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“emotional need for love must be met if we are to have emotional health.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“true love cannot begin until the “in-love” experience has run its course.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“That kind of love is emotional in nature but not obsessional. It is a love that unites reason and emotion. It involves an act of the will and requires discipline, and it recognizes the need for personal growth. Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love that grows out of reason and choice, not instinct. I need to be loved by someone who chooses to love me, who sees in me something worth loving.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“learning to love each other without the euphoria of the in-love obsession.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set

“What is ironic is that we recognize the need for education in all other pursuits of life and fail to recognize that need when it comes to marriage. Most people spend far more time in preparation for their vocation than they do in preparation for marriage.”
― Gary D. Chapman, The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set