Quotes About Support

Be compassionate ... and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be a better place.

The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family. If you don't have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don't have much at all. Love is so supremely important. As our great poet Auden said, 'Love each other or perish'.

You have one family, Charley. For good or bad. You have one family. You can't trade them in. You can't lie to them. You can't run two at once, substituting back and forth. "Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.

if you find one true friend in your life, you're richer than most. If that one true friend is your husband, you're blessed. She paused. And if that one true friend is your sister, don't feel bad. At least, she can't divorce you.

The truth is, there is no line. There's only your life, how you mess it up, and who is there to save you. Or who isn't.

Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.

Mothers support certain illusions about their children, and one of my illusions was that I liked who I was, because she did. When she passed away, so did that idea.

If you find one true friend in life, you're richer than most. If that one true friend is your husband, you're blessed.

This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them. It's what I missed so much when my mother died—what I call your 'spiritual security'—knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame.

You need someone to probe you in that direction. It won't just happen automatically. I knew what he was saying. We all need teachers in our lives.

Please do not leave me, he thought. He could not bear a world without Alli. He realized how much he relied on her from morning until night. She was his only conversation. His only smile. She prepared their meager food and always offered it to him first, even though he insisted she eat before he did. THey leaned on each other at sunsets. Holding her as they slept felt like his last connection to humanity.

Love is when you are as concerned about someone else's situation as you are about your own.

You have one family. For good or bad. You have one family. You can't trade them in. You can't lie to them. Sticking to your family is what makes it a family.

He mentioned a dear friend Morrie had, Maurie Stein, who had first sent Morrie's aphorisms to the Boston Globe. They had been together at Brandeis since the early sixties. Now Stein was going deaf. Koppel imagined the two men together one day, one unable to speak, the other unable to hear. What would that be like? We will hold hands, Morrie said. And there'll be a lot of love passing between us. Ted, we've had thirty-five years of friendship. You don't need speech or hearing to feel that.

You were never alone.

When we build, we build on the shoulders of those who came before us. And when we fall apart, those who came before us help put us back together.

What about a man who sits down to wonder Why life has cheated him? Thinks about his situation Hangs his head and cries Will we pretend, his problems don't exist? He's reaching out for help-will we selfishly resist? What about your brother? He's crying What about your brother? He's dying What about your brother?

Once you have a sister, you never stop having her, even if you can no longer see or touch her.

I begin to call Morrie "Coach," the way I used to address my high school track coach. Morrie likes the nickname. "Coach," he says. "All right, I'll be your coach. And you can be my player. You can play all the lovely parts of life that I'm too old for now.

The end of loneliness is when someone needs you. And the world is so full of need.

I was so lonely." And Father Time said, "You were never alone.

A child is both an anchor and a set of wings.

I lifted my eyes, and, for the first time, admitted the truth. I gave up, I whispered. Don't give up, she whispered back.

And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too —even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling.