Quotes About Support

At least I am taking care of myself. At least I am of use to my family, and to the other people around me. At least I am moving, stumbling upward, under the load I have determined to carry.

What shall I do with my infant's death? Hold my other loved ones and heal their pain.

Children in father-absent homes are four times as likely to be poor.

TREAT YOURSELF LIKE SOMEONE YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING

I would like to thank Sally Harding, my agent, and the fine people she works with at CookeMcDermid. Without Sally, this book would have never been written.

Friendship is a reciprocal arrangement. You are not morally obliged to support someone who is making the world a worse place.

And a man should look after a woman and children—although that is not all he should do. But a woman should not look after a man, because she must look after children, and a man should not be a child. This means that he must not be dependent. This is one of the reasons that men have little patience for dependent men. And let us not forget: wicked women may produce dependent sons, may support and even marry dependent men,

To encourage my son to be a true Son of God? That is to want him above all to do what is right, and to strive to have his back while he is doing so.

How do you know that your attempts to pull someone up won't instead bring them—or you—further down?

What shall I do with my wife? Treat her as if she is the Holy Mother of God, so that she may give birth to the world-redeeming hero. What shall I do with my daughter? Stand behind her, listen to her, guard her, train her mind, and let her know it's OK if she wants to be a mother. What shall I do with my parents? Act such that your actions justify the suffering they endured. What shall I do with my son? Encourage him to be a true Son of God.

Naše je duševno zdravlje plod kvalitetna uranjanja u društvenu zajednicu, i to u puno ve?oj mjeri nego što smo obi?no svjesni. Netko nas neprestano mora podsje?ati na to da se trebamo ispravno ponašati i razmišljati. Kada skrenemo s toga puta, ljudi kojima je stalo do nas i koji nas vole na razne nas na?ine guraju natrag na stazu. Prema tome, jako je dobro imati takve ljude u blizini

To give is to do what you can to make things better. The good in people will respond to that, and support it, and imitate it, and multiply it, and return it, and foster it, so that everything improves and moves forward.

Se trata de un hecho lo suficientemente importante como para repetirlo: la gente organiza su cabeza conversando. Y si no tienen a nadie para contarle su historia, pierden la cabeza. Son como personas que van acumulando objetos de forma compulsiva y no pueden deshacerse de nada ellas solas. Se requiere el aporte de la comunidad para mantener la integridad de la psique individual o, dicho de otra forma, es necesario todo un pueblo para organizar una sola cabeza.

la familia que se pelea entre las ruinas de su hogar devastado por un terremoto tiene muchas menos probabilidades de reconstruir algo que la familia fortalecida por la confianza y la devoción mutuas

It much better for any relationship when both partners are strong.

it is much harder to extract someone from a chasm than to lift him from a ditch.

Podrías empezar tratándote como a alguien a quien tienes la responsabilidad de ayudar.

You could begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.

Through friendship and collegial relationships we modify our selfish proclivities, learning not to always put ourselves first. Less obviously, but just as importantly, we may also learn to overcome our naive and too empathic proclivities (our tendency to sacrifice ourselves unsuitably and unjustly to predatory others) when our peers advise and encourage us to stand up for ourselves.

There is no evidence that the importance of friendship declines in any manner with age.* All causes of mortality appear to be reduced among adults with high-quality social networks, even when general health status is taken into consideration.

Interestingly enough, there is some evidence that it is the provision of social support, as much or more than its receipt, that provides these protective benefits (and, somewhat unsurprisingly, that those who give more tend to receive more).9 Thus, it truly seems that it is better to give than to receive.

It's a good thing, not a selfish thing, to choose people who are good for you.

You are not morally obliged to support someone who is making the world a worse place. Quite the opposite. You should choose people who want things to be better, not worse. It's a good thing, not a selfish thing, to choose people who are good for you. It's appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.

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