Quotes About Support

as she went. Her head bent so far underneath her that I feared her neck would break. Finally the Jeep stopped at the edge of the water. Ed and I helped the ranger unchain her and flip her back over. Then

A friend is somebody you want to be around when you feel like being by yourself.

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.

I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.

Danki," John said. But Naomi noticed he didn't look very happy about it. Nick pulled the van up to the ER entrance and they piled in—Naomi and Leah in

The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process.

If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important.

My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.

A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best." — Epictetus

Okay, Mattie. I said okay." All of a sudden, she threw her arms around me and squeezed. "We won't talk about it if you don't want to.

Love was choosing to take care of someone---not just family, but friends, too.

What made a friend a best friend? Did it have to be someone who knew your people, who shared your life outlook or your views on religion or politics? Could it just be someone who could talk and listen and commiserate?

And then—the kicker—they were cousins. Casey suspected she would forever feel protective of Meg, and that wasn't a bad thing.

the giver of comfort, not the recipient.

She's my mother. I'm not sure you get the same kind of unconditional love in your life from anyone but a mother.

No, I don't need to do this, she thought. This isn't what I want. I want my mother. The thought startled her, but she couldn't shake it. She wanted Marjorie—wanted to pour out her heart and cry in the arms of the one person whose job it was to listen. It didn't matter how old or how independent Kathryn was. She needed her mother.

Someone has to stand up for wimps.

I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.