Quotes About Support

Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg.

Loving her, and being loved, was the only way I could hold myself together.

Here, he said, get yourself some healthy food. You look awful. I said he had done more than enough for me and that I couldn't accept money on top of everything else, but he refused to take it back. It's not money, he said, it's my feelings. Don't think about it too much, just take it. All I could do was thank him and accept the money.

Then, all but instinctively, I took her in my arms. Pressed against me, her whole body trembling, she continued to cry without a sound.

People are weak when they are alone.

Like Naokuo, I'm not really sure what it means to love another person. Though she meant it a little differently. I do want to try my best though. I have to, or else I won't know where to go. Like you said before, Naoko and I have to save each other. It's the only was for us to be saved!

She and I had needed each other more than either of us knew.

we can't survive on our own.

But don't get me wrong. I'm not totally mad at you. I'm just sad. You were so nice to me when I was having my problems, but now that you're having yours, it seems there's not a thing I can do for you.

In companies with healthy cultures, employees aren't kept in the dark; rather, they are supported in the belief that they are part of an exciting future. They come to work with a fire inside them, a result of clearly stated leadership and business practices that everyone explicitly understands.

nothing important gets done alone.

When technical experts mystify their audiences rather than enlighten them, they lose support—and "no" is always an easier answer than "yes.

This fourth phase is particularly challenging if the short-term sacrifices include job losses. Gaining understanding and support is tough when downsizing is a part of the vision. For this reason, successful visions usually include new growth possibilities and the commitment to treat fairly anyone who is laid off.

Jews may have known much suffering, known too the empty feeling of being a people isolated in the world, but a Jew who regularly worshiped with a congregation was never alone.

No one considered the possibility that I might have been experiencing a hot flash paired with a panic attack, a notoriously common experience in perimenopause.

Have no shame ... as another woman friend of mine counseled with perfect sincerity and cheer: 'Just gain the 25 pounds. I really think I would not have survived menopause--AND the death of my mother--without having gained these 25 pounds.' [quoting Sandra Tsing Loh's 'The Madwoman in the Volvo']

One of the ways partners, family, housemates, or anyone else who's a big part of daily life can support us is in accommodations, adaptations, or other changes we need in order to get through this or to adjust to the ways that we are just going to be different because of this from now on. That can be bigger things or little ones, but clear, tangible ways to help can go a long way for everyone and can be adapted for every age and ability.

listen-and-validate-only (on their part) venting sessions for you;

You don't have to sing in a choir to see that a group of committed people who care about something that makes life a little brighter, and work hard at it, can accomplish more together than alone, but it helps.

Everyone needs to be needed, wants to be wanted, and loves to be loved.

Mothers took your problems from you and fretted about them for you, even if there was no reason on earth why they should, even if you had done everything to create your own mess.

Everything written by any woman was written by all women, because they all benefited from it.

Esa es la clase de apoyo más importante que se necesita. Si sus sueños provienen de Dios, siempre necesitarán la intercesión. Las personas de oración, como las parteras, ayudan a dar a luz a las promesas milagrosas en su vida. Harán que los obstáculos que enfrente sean más tolerables.

Be a presence carrier rather than a burden bearer.