Quotes About Support

Some friends are in your life for a season. Some friends are in your life for a reason. Some are there forever to double your joys and halve your sorrows. Thank you for being a forever friend and helping me today. She signed her name with a flourish and slipped into Cathy's room, laid it on her pillow, and went back to her room.

They were all kin, not by blood, but by heartstrings.

Two people were supposed to have enough love to carry them through the bad times.

Oh, honey, that's what friends are for—to share in the joys and half the sorrows." Dotty smiled.

Officially, the New Testament church at an early stage took seriously their responsibility for widows who lacked family or other resources. The office of deacon was instituted initially to address this pressing need.

Boaz is not diminished, marginalized, or feminized in the slightest by being outnumbered and influenced by Ruth and Naomi. As a matter of fact, he only grows stronger himself through his collaborations with them.

Even in his absence, Tate had managed to remind her of his concern and caring. With determination, she set aside the unease that had plagued her this day.

The girl shook her head. "I feel I'm not wanted. The letter wasn't cordial. Oh dear, what shall I do?" Nancy gave Laura a hug. "You'll be at school and during vacations you can visit friends. And you have a new friend named Nancy Drew!

Nancy and her friends had sensed that the mother could not afford admission tickets.

Carol wants to get some new clothes," Nancy explained. "Want to help?" "You bet!" Bess and George answered. When the store closed that evening, the four girls left it chatting merrily and laden with bundles. Carol had been outfitted from head to toe in attractive clothes. Her hair had been trimmed and modishly combed at the beauty salon. She looked very lovely and seemed to have gained self-confidence.

Martin encouraged his wife's productivity. Kate was the better financial manager and, after years of his overspending, Martin agreed to rely on her business acumen.

People always sounded worried when I called them. Maybe because I only ever called a lot of them when I was in trouble and needed help. I needed to set up more lunch dates or have more parties, to cure people of the idea that a call from me automatically equaled danger. Then again, that was probably a lost cause.

My advice to you is this. Do not attempt to stand alone. ...The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.

Us going to have a cup of coffee. Then maybe it all won't seem so bad.

Singer never knew just how much his friend understood of all the things he told him. But it did not matter.

Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone. The silence of a firelit room when suddenly the clock stops ticking, the nervous shadows in an empty house — it is better to take in your mortal enemy than face the terror of living alone.

Or consider the fact that after people buy a new car, they often love to read advertisements that speak enthusiastically about the same car that they have just obtained. Those advertisements tend to be comforting because they confirm the wisdom of the decision to purchase that particular car. If you are a member of a particular political party or have strong convictions, you might want support, reinforcement, and ammunition, not criticism.

My lord-' (Pagan) 'I just want you to be happy. Safe and happy' (Roland) 'My lord, I'm safe and happy with you.' In God's name, Roland, why do you even ask? 'Where you go, I will go.

Sharing the joys like Rose's birth the other day—that was good; but I am here for you in times of fear and sorrow, too. Come to me." He reached over and took her hands, pulling her closer. "Come to me, good or bad, right or wrong, day or night. Promise me.

A woman makes for a better wife if she's got memories stored up of how her man courted her. On cold nights when the babies are sick and the money's tight, a gal needs to harken back to her sweetheart days when her man promised he'd stand by her side through thick and thin.

But your own tears blind you to mine. I am not neglectful of friendship, but we two squat in the same coracle, we are both swamped by the same stormy waters, I have not the gifts of a happy man. . . Often enough.

The important thing is not what we look like, but the role we play in our best friend's life. Friends choose certain friends because that's the kind of company they are looking for at that specific time, not because they're the correct height, age, or have the right hair color

Children need close friends to help them grow up, to discover things about themselves and about life. They also need close friends to keep them sane

We have a long way to go to being the perfect couple, we certainly don't live the fairy tale marriage, he doesn't shower me with rose petals and fly me to Paris on weekends but when I get my hair cut, he notices. When I dress up to go out at night, he compliments me. When I cry, he wipes my tears. When I feel lonely, he makes me feel loved. And who needs Paris, when you can get a hug?