Quotes About Support

So much of our lives are defined by habit or what the guy next to us is doing, never wondering and knowing who and what we support with our actions, from the detergent Mom always used, to my favorite dish I make... A lot of my life is unexamined habit.

you can plan so that nothing goes wrong in life. But something will, and it won't be what you expected to go wrong. So make sure you're with someone who will help you bail the water out of the boat, not someone who will blame you for the hole.

It's a little hard not to worry when my best friend keeps on dying.

I don't need a guarantee if I have you.

Maybe coming together as a team meant they could rely on one another to help out when things weren't going the way they'd planned, to share roles and responsibilities.

When you get . . . to the end, you see that love and family are all there is. Nothing else matters.

I guess no one stays friends for more than thirty years without broken hearts along the way.

You don't stop loving a person when they're hurt. You get stronger so they can lean on you.

That was the first time her grandfather had leaned down and whispered, Be brave, into her ear. And then, Or pretend to be. It's all the same.

She had been ready to love this man from the moment she first saw him. In all these years, that had never changed. They'd hurt each other, let each other down, and yet, here they were after everything, together. She needed him now, needed him to remind her that she was live, that she wasn't alone, that she hadn't lost everything.

Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing." "I'm supposed to watch her make a mistake?" "Sometimes, yes. And then you stand by to pick up the pieces.

Jean reached over for Elsa's hand and held it. Elsa hadn't known until right then how much difference a friend could make. How one person could lift your spirit just enough to keep you upright.

Their friendship was more important than any relationship. Guys would come and go; girlfriends were forever.

but sometimes one person can hold you up in life, keep you standing, and without that hand to hold, you can find yourself free-falling no matter how strong you used to be, no matter how hard you try to remain steady.

I'm so lucky to have you, Leni," Mama said, trying to organize her cards with one hand. "We're a team," Leni said. "Peas in a pod." "Two of a kind." Words they said all the time to each other; words that felt a little hollow now. Maybe even sad.

Marriages go through hard times. Sometimes you have to get in there and fight for your love. That's the only way for it to get better.

Real friends. The kind that don't purposely hurt your feelings or stop liking you for no reason.

Stacey: "I'm surprised you haven't thrown me out." Comfort: "At your current weight, I'd need some sort of catapult.

Remember, cara, hard times don't last. Land and family do.

It's like his back is broken, Mama had said, and you don't stop loving a person when they're hurt. You get stronger so they can lean on you. He needs me. Us.

If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent.

I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be.

When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as to identity, then understanding is called for. The gentle and sensitive companionship of an empathic stance… provides illumination and healing. In such situations deep understanding is, I believe, the most precious gift one can give to another.

When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and to go on. It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens, how confusions that seem irremediable turn into relatively clear flowing streams when one is heard. I have deeply appreciated the times that I have experienced this sensitive, empathic, concentrated listening.