Quotes About Support

We need more men to talk about their experiences of being a dad with colleagues, friends and family. It shouldn't be surprising to hear about men being good fathers and it's one of the most powerful ways we can counter the harmful 'hapless dad' stereotype.

Most people do surprisingly poorly when dealing with a relative who is hurting, depressed, or anxious - we get defensive and try to solve the problem rather than finding the truth in what the person is saying.

I think my parents were surprisingly cool with me entering the arts. Although, I think they thought it was going to be a phase, and they didn't expect me to actually stick with it, and rightfully so. They were concerned whether I could afford groceries, being an actor.

Skiing not only for yourself and your family, but for your country, was surreal. The amount of support I got from back home in Indiana was insane.

My wife and I had been trying a while to have a baby. We tried a bunch of things - so we had a surrogate.

I have a lot of surrogate parents, but there's no one like your mother.

I make sure I always surround myself with good, down to earth, fun, real people, who always keep me grounded.

I might not be very smart, but I surround myself with smart people.

The family and friends and the people I surround myself allow me to keep my feet firmly on the floor and not get too big-headed.

I surround myself with good people who make me feel great and give me positive energy.

I surround myself with good friends that help me keep my feet on the ground.

I think it is important to surround myself with artists who share the same goals and aspirations. This way, I am constantly encouraged to sharpen my craft and challenge myself.

I'm trying to surround myself during my life with the eight people I'd surround my bed with on my death.

God has been faithful time and again to surround me with people that sharpen me and that make me better.

It took me a really long time to decide who I want my circle to be and who I want to surround myself with. Once you make that choice, that is where I feel like I have built my strength. This is my life choice. These are the people that make me feel good about me, and that I love and adore and will do anything for.

One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.

I lifted him out. I held him. I held that half of him.

You tell me you didn't sleep well. I say I didn't either. You had a terrible night. "Me too." We're extraordinarily calm and tender with each other as if sensing the other's rickety state of mind. As if we knew what the other was feeling. We don't, of course. We never do. No matter. It's the tenderness I care about. That's the gift this morning that moves and holds me. Same as every morning.

Es eso lo que sucede cuando muere un amigo? ¿La mala suerte para los camaradas que deja atrás?

Go ahead and faint, I said. I'll catch you on the first bounce.

He studied his two friends, taking note of their freshly bruised countenances. 'All right. What happened?

When my friends began to have babies and I came to comprehend the heroic labor it takes to keep one alive, the constant exhausting tending of a being who can do nothing and demands everything, I realized that my mother had done all of these things for me before I remembered. I was fed; I was washed; I was clothed; I was taught to speak and given a thousand other things, over and over again, hourly, daily, for years. She gave me everything before she gave me nothing.

To feel for someone enlarges the self and then the self shares risks and pains.

mutual aid and pleasure are linked, that the ties that bind are grounds for celebration as well as obligation.