Quotes About Support

The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Long ago I learned that more than half of any pastor's congregation come to church broken and in the grip of some life issue that is eating at their wellbeing.

Who helped mes see what I could not.

It was the everyday people who were our country's true lifeblood. If they should fail, so would we all.

Friendships were tested in times of crisis, and she didn't want to be one of those people who out of exaggerated caution and perhaps even cowardice avoided friends who were having a hard time.

the bra she was wearing was of the very latest technology, with gel in the cups, which gave her bust a true-to-life movement. Splendid testimony to the advancement of science in the service of humanity.

Women are in league with each other, a secret conspiracy of hearts and pheromones.

Aquí estamos para ayudarnos unos a otros; lo que pasa es que no se puede, porque no queremos. Ésa es la vida.

I thought helping someone else might take me out of my own head for a while.

He stood in front of her and told her he'd come, not to climb her tower but to shelter it. In his clumsy way, he was like a prince who arrived with sweaty armpits and bad hair. At least I'm here, he might have said. That's better than nothing. And it was.

You don't have to date me, just don't date her. Please, as your friend, I'm begging you not to date someone who doesn't appreciate you.

What's a strapless bra?" he finally asked. "LIKE A TOURNIQUET FOR YOUR CHEST." "Can you breathe if you're wearing it?" "BARELY

In Cambodia, it's unfortunately common for husbands both to drink and to beat their wives. Other families are abandoned, left to fend for themselves. Instead, my husband runs through the city for the better part of the night to make sure that his wife and son are safe.

It's peculiar, our nature to want to save others. During the war, you worked feverishly to save the children. Lilli was doing her best to save you, I was trying to save the men in my section, and , by the time it was over , we all failed. But Audrey, did we ? Because here you are, popping up out of nowhere, your box bringing with it a whispered feeling that you are here to prod ne forward. And so, perhaps, we are all saving each other after all

Never a choice. Always being rescued.

I imagine this is how it must be with our ancestors. They watch us closely, full of love and concern, sometimes whispering encouragement through a crack, but mostly just satisfied to know that we are happy.

I think a young woman's relationship with her father is really important.

Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.

She (the First Lady, entering the room with her gravely wounded husband) would admit fear but not despair.

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. Ben Sweetland

you don't have to tear down others to build yourself up