Quotes About Support

America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support system from this country who-people grieving along with us.

My father came a couple of times, but he always blamed his hearing loss on my loud amplifiers. So he didn't come anymore, but I had his support.

[Steven Sebring] presence was also nice for my children, who, having just lost their father, quite naturally craved warm male attention. They gravitated to him right away.

I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.

The reality is that my stepfather was like a father to me and watching him die from a sudden heart attack was one of the hardest things I have ever gone through.

Even if my father wasn't speaking to me, he would never, ever miss a baseball game.

My voice as a filmmaker is always about boys searching for their fathers. And not only boys, but all children looking for those figures in their lives.

My family is everything. I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.

I quit my job in the bank when I was 19. I took a chance. I went to Milan to study opera and singing. My father really supported me economically.

I don't know what it's like to have a typical father figure. He's not the dad who's going to take me to the beach and go swimming, but he's such a motivational person.

I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife.

Love often leads to healing, while fear and isolation breed illness. And our biggest fear is abandonment.

Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.

You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.

No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both are necessary.

So many of us are reaching out, hoping someone out there will grab our hands and remind us we are not as alone as we fear.

It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system they support.

My will for you is not harsh or unpleasant. It is gentle and perfectly tailored to your unique needs. Do not fear my direction. I am your heart's happiest guide.

If your reaction to your partner's fear-or any other form of distress- is disdain or irritation, you do not want oneness or even friendship with your partner at that moment.

Don't resent, fear, or judge the next generation, believe in them.

So many people choose silence after the immediate wake of a death out of fear of saying something out of turn or "bringing up bad memories" that bereaved people often feel forgotten.

We know that mental illness is not something that happens to other people. It touches us all. Why then is mental illness met with so much misunderstanding and fear?

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions in their danger.