Quotes About Support

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.

A gentleman, I hope it will become clear, is not simply a man who stands apart. He is a man who stands up for others—sometimes even for his enemies—often when those others have no clue that he is there for them.

To be close to me is also to learn how to cope--to cope with how I cope.

A leader's job is not to put greatness into people, but rather to recognize that it already exists, and to create an environment where that greatness can emerge and grow.

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A dear friend once told her that being a parent is like being a car mechanic—you can repair the car and take care of the car and keep the car on the road, but you can't fundamentally change the car.

Michael hugged Sara tightly. "You all right?" he asked. "Fine," Sara replied. She took off her glasses and wiped them with Michael's handkerchief. "So what have you been up to tonight, my valiant hero?" Michael shrugged. "The usual—saving small children from fires, fighting crime in the streets, getting pawed by your sister." Sara

Your fellow soldiers had to know that you had their back. That was rule one, lesson one, and above all else. If the enemy goes after you, he goes after me too.

Whatever else a father is in this life—cop, fireman, Indian chief—he provides for his family. He

You are the worst sort of friend. You are too scared to help. You will never forget that feeling. Cowardice.

In this life you don't find too many people you can truly count on.

Myron kept his eye on Patrick, but he also couldn't help but watch Big Cyndi work the crowd. Thirty seconds after she got back into action, the queue to have a photo taken with her was so long the Naked Cowboy looked at her askance. She glanced at Myron. Myron gave her a big thumbs-up. Here

She started for the bedroom. I reached for the door to the corridor. "Myron?" I turned toward her. She stood facing me full. She was beautiful and vulnerable and strong and she stood like she was readying to take a blow and I wanted to jump in the way and protect her. "What?" I asked. "I love you," Terese said. She

Riverside Drive was relatively quiet. Myron arrived at his Kinney lot on 46th Street and tossed Mario the keys. Mario did not park the Ford Taurus up front with the Rolls, the Mercedes, Win's Jag; in fact, he usually managed to find a cozy spot underneath what must have been a nesting ground for loose-stooled pigeons. Car discrimination. It was an ugly thing, but where were the support groups? The

You're okay," Myron said to him, cupping the boy's head. "It's over now." But it wasn't. An

Your fellow soldiers had to know that you had their back. That was rule one, lesson one, and above all else.

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No one gets through the dark and into the light by himself. So it becomes incumbent upon me to pass along the help, to do what I can for other writers trying to get a foot up.

but it seems logical to me that a church should exist for those who need its help, and not for those who by their own profession are so good already that it is they who help the church.

When a member of a unit (military or non-military) loses his life, or when a member has a death in the family, it's the duty of the leader to take sincere action in expressing personal condolences, sympathy or any other appropriate steps considering the circumstances.

The best leaders strive to create a "family environment" within their organization.

Most importantly, a leader proves himself by demonstrating his concern for and relationship with the people under him. The old adage: "Take care of your people and they will take care of you.

I didn't know how you were going to do it, but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you, son, you'll always have an idea.