Quotes About Support

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. —Henrik Ibsen

Other than God's grace, I don't know. It was just there when I needed it, that's all." "You don't know." Mary shook her head in quiet amazement. "Well then, it's a gift. That's the only explanation." In her heart Rachel was thrilled and terrified at being filled with a sense not her own. That Gott had given her that sense at the very moment when Emma needed her was indeed a gift.

Given love and opportunity, every child and adult can recover. All who know this and have the capacity to help others should assist as they can.

When you put your trust in your dad, he will feel the responsibility of that trust and try harder than ever to understand and to help. As your father, he is entitled to inspiration on your behalf. His advice to you will be the heartfelt expressions of someone who knows and loves you. Your dad wants more than anything for you to be happy and successful, so why would you not want to trust someone like that? Boys, trust your dad.

Maggie, tou made it possible -but not probably for me to be the man I am now.

I want to watch you walk through the world before you leave it and if you stumble I'll rush forward to catch you. I like to think I'd show you the kindness you never showed me. I'd like you to owe me a favour. I want to show you that I did it. I want you to be proud of me.

When we arrived we were met by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, both producers of the film. Lorri and I hadn't seen them in over a month and had missed them a great deal. As soon as I heard those New Zealand accents, the feel of "home" washed over me again. They have been with me every step of the way since my release, helping me. Thinking of them now makes my heart feel like it's about to burst with love.

Cold, cold water, surrounds me now, and all I've got is your hand.

We must find our friends where we can, and make those bonds count.

Jake's father, Doc Polson, had tended to hundreds of scraped knees and bumped heads. He'd set four broken arms and fixed dozens of sprained ankles before people got used to hopping on and off the moving wagons. He'd also salved a couple of dozen scalds and burns, he'd sat up with a child with croup for three nights, and he'd even delivered two babies, with the help of Aunt May, the midwife.

I am an Imperial commissar. I will enflame the weak, support the wavering, guide the lost. I will be all things to all men who need me. But I will also punish without hesitation the incompetent, the cowardly, and the treasonous. --Ibram Gaunt

something as simple as my care. I believe that caring for something or someone in need is what makes us human.

Up on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my relationships with my neighbors.

Through divorce, death, and bankruptcy, lost jobs and lost boyfriends, the women of the Denver Roller Dolls are there at the rink four times a week beating each other up—and building each other up.

George Washington was rich in land but not in money. When he became president of the United States, he had to borrow money from a friend to make the trip to New York City for

Come on, A.J.

I can't wait to start something up myself that is actually about giving unsigned bands the exposure they deserve, especially when they travel so far to play the smallest gig they've ever played in their lives.

Heal another's heart and in the process you will heal your own.

The most important thing to remember, the guiding principle, is to try to keep your son's self-esteem

My father criticizes me all the time. My grades went up from Cs to Bs in two courses and down in another, and all he could talk about was the course I had done worse in. Why would a father say something like that to a kid?" We sometimes have to wait weeks or months for that brief window of emotional disclosure when a boy suddenly shows us his sadness and bewilderment, which had previously been masked by silence or anger.

On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.

Social capital is a following of people who like you, trust you, support you, and are willing and capable of buying from you.

On the Internet, ginning up fake grassroots support is called astroturfing, and the tactic is generally frowned upon. I'm

She left for the doctor's one morning thinking she had a stomach bug and returned a cancer patient.