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Quotes About Support

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when they discover that someone else believes in them and is willing to trust them.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it's the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friend.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy is the house that shelters a friend.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble prosperity is full of friends.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The glory of friendship is not the outstreched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
To know one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many business heads also feel that they're "going it alone"—they're receiving much less guidance from their boss than they did when they were functional managers.
~ Ram Charan
We're all just walking each other home.
~ Ram Dass
I think it's all that's holding me together," Kade said. "Then perhaps you should fall apart," Ananda replied.
~ Ramez Naam
How many stopped-up men and women does it take to produce one Einstein? Ten? A thousand? A hundred thousand? ... So this is what Einstein meant when he looked me in the eye that day and said, I would be nothing without you. It was not success he saw written in my face. He saw, rather, that I would never accomplish anything at all.
~ Rana Dasgupta
I think my dad has helped me tremendously.
~ Rand Paul
At [my old school], when teachers stood up to address us in assemblies, it was to urge us to study hard, stay focused, remain resilient, set goals, seek support. If there was a "leader," she was the exception, not the norm. Listening to [the adults here], I wonder if things would be different if we spent thirteen years being told that we were born to lead, and that the only thing that would ever hold us back would be a limited imagination.
~ Randa Abdel-Fattah
Before Mina, my life was like a complicated jigsaw puzzle. Mina's come along and pushed the puzzle upside down onto the floor. I have to start all over again, figuring out where the pieces go. But some of the pieces to the puzzle don't seem to fit the way they used to. The thought terrifies me.
~ Randa Abdel-Fattah