Quotes About Support

True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them.

I was troubled by this, finding their passion as inexplicable as that of white American truck drivers who had supported Ronald Reagan. The Cuban Americans claimed that Castro had rendered Cuba an "unfree" country. But had they thought Cuba a freer society before Castro?

It's important that you don't continue to ignore or accept rages. Realize that extreme rage directed at you or your children is verbal and emotional abuse. Even if you think you can handle it, over time it can erode your self-esteem and poison the relationship. Seek support immediately.

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing.

I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.

Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woman.

When we're connected to others, we become better people.

You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore that means they've given up on you…you may not want to hear it but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you and want to make you better.

Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

What is the most appropriate thing to say to a friend who was about to die. He answered:"tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Whenever he goes, you also g. He will not be alone".

If you're going to have childhood dreams you should have great parents who let you pursue them and express your creativity

Kids need to know their parents love them. Their parents don't need to be alive for that to happen.

Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.

Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care. Worry when you do something badly and nobody bothers to tell you.

If you love her, support her.

Through the whole ordeal, I don't think we ever said to each other: "This isn't fair." We just kept going. We recognized that there were things we could do that might help the outcome in a positive ways...and we did them. Without saying it in words, our attitude was, "Let's saddle up and ride.

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone else feel happy to be here." p118

As I see it, a parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help them develop a personal set of tools for the task. So my dreams for my kids are very exact: I want them to find their own path to fulfillment. And given that I won't be there, I want to make this clear: Kids, don't try to figure out what I wanted you to become. I want you to become what you want to become. Having

a parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams.

as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun.