Quotes About Support

I come from a family of eight on public assistance, my parents were separated. My mother struggled, my father struggled.

He gave me a picture of himself when I was 14 and it said, 'To John Carter: My Best friend, Dad.' That meant so much to me. We were best friends, but we struggled.

My grandfather was a great advocate of Scottish art at a time when Scottish artists struggled to be taken seriously. They were not highly regarded, but he fought for them, befriended them, and championed them.

That's something that I struggled with - talking to my mother about some of the problems that I had.

I came to Dortmund from a relatively small team and I struggled during my first six months to find my place there. I was a bit shy and, to be honest, I wasn't brave enough do certain things. But thanks to the help of my team-mates, and with the help of Jurgen and his staff, too, I managed to improve.

Sometimes you can feel like the only person in the world to have struggled in a certain way and there is a shame around that. The way we deconstruct it all is by talking about it, by listening and even within our circles of friends and checking up on each other, making sure that if someone is going through something, they have someone to talk to.

Not one team knew I struggled with that - not being able to pick up the phone and call my dad and ask him, Can you help me?' Or, Are you proud of me?' Or to cherish me being drafted or my kids being born.

We must see others' struggles as our own, and their success as our success, so we can speak to our common humanity.

In the midst of our own daily struggles, it's often hard to share an understanding for what another person might be going through.

Black women have to know the historical and everyday struggles of black men, and our men have to know the struggles of black women in America.

You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.

We are the party that hears the stories of people, the struggles.

Every family struggles with different things, and everybody struggles with different things.

I have always been honest with my fans, which means being open about any struggles I have had along the way.

I am a great motivator. I have struggles in my life, and the only way I can push through them is to motivate others. It really is quite selfish.

Other fans get antsy when their team's offense struggles to score for a few possessions. Blazers fans give us standing ovations, like they're trying to will their energy into us.

I always think I am one of the millions and millions of people that struggles with an addiction to food. I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.

In America, the dreamers, the disabled and the disadvantaged are not left to defend themselves, alone in their struggles.

'A League of Their Own' had some special meaning for me, I guess - it's about women joining together and being empowered, but also about sisters sticking together even when there's drama and struggles. I'm really close to my two sisters and my brother, so I liked that about it.

There have been struggles and challenges that I have faced that few know about but I hope will help others going through the same thing.

For those who support same-sex marriage - and I support it without reservation - the ideal of equality and the belief in the dignity of same-sex relationships necessarily makes the issue seem a great deal like the civil-rights struggles of the past.

'Padman' was about my early life and struggles, including my wife calling me a psycho and leaving me.

I have received so many messages from people all over the world who've connected with 'Leave A Light On' and shared their own story of struggles and the people who've helped them.

We need women in cinema to know first that they have a safe space to open up about their struggles without being judged and marginalised.