Quotes About Support

In this totally dark world, you can't live unless you're needed by someone.

I only needed one person at my side... one was enough... even if the rest of the world turned its back on me.

Even if you're broken, if you have someone who believes in you then...you can continue moving forward.

I would never even consider leaving you. No matter who else abandons me...or looks down on me...or spits in my face...I will stay with you to the end.

Anyone would want to help the people they like. With all their strength. There is no question about it.

The burdens that one person alone can shoulder...aren't very big at all, I think. So it's a good thing that they're a "pair." It's good the two of them met.

What keeps this boy going...is the intense feeling of not wanting to be alone.

You have to search for things you can do to help now...

The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning.

A great marriage is predicted not so much by your finding the right partner as by your being the right partner.

So many unhappy women out there. Such a sea of female misery.

It's never over till it's over with a friend.

I could use the company but I can't go through the pain of getting it.

Don't I look after you when you're ill?' 'You do. You're marvellous to me when I'm ill. It's when I'm well that you're no use.

You can be a good neighbor only if you have good neighbors.

Do not think us as traffic cops, or even driving instructors. Think of us instead as your onboard navigation system, available day or night, a friendly voice to turn to whenever you look up, lost and afraid, and think "How the fuck did I end up here?

Three blasts upon the bugle horn I will blow in my hour of need; then come quickly, for I shall want your aid.

Jung: we only discover what supports us when everything else we thought supported us doesn't support us anymore.

And with the right mentor, don't be afraid to expose your vulnerabilities. Admit you don't know what you don't know. When you acknowledge your weaknesses and ask for advice, you'll be surprised how much others will help.

Many of us spent time talking with the men and women who had lived through Katrina, and we heard stories of not only individual sacrifice and loss, but also of neighbors taking care of neighbors. The power of community was so evident in New Orleans.

Less than 1 percent of our population have served our military abroad since the September 11, 2001, attacks. Add their direct family members, and they still amount to less than 5 percent of the nation. Most Americans have no skin in the game.

For me, the idea of a "third place" is not just something that exists between four walls. It is a mind-set. A way to exist in the world. That's why I set out to build a profitable business that also expressed a core ethos: that people of all kinds can come together and uplift one another.

Our values were human values. Ethics, integrity, sharing, support, teamwork, caring, respect, and loyalty were all ideals I included in that first mission statement. I also wanted to instill a sense of ambitious camaraderie: "We will set aggressive goals and drive ourselves to achieve them," the mission statement said. "It's an adventure, and we're in it together.

55 percent—about 1.4 million veterans among this generation—said they feel disconnected from civilian life in America.