Quotes About Support

Years ago I had realized I was blaming myself for it. People and doctors would tell me it wasn't my fault, but I couldn't "BELIEVE" it! Then I was talking to my friend Kieran and he explained to me in a way that I could PERCEIVE that I was not at fault. No one else could ever do that before, though many tried. Many, many people had tried to tell me it wasn't my fault, but I was convinced it was my fault because I was trying to cheer up my dad.

All things being equal, you root for your own sex, your own culture, your own locality…and what you want to prove is that you are better than the other person. Whomever you root for represents you; and when he wins, you win."88

Be as precise as possible about your need for aid.

in deciding whether a possibility is correct, people typically look for hits rather than misses; for confirmations of the idea rather than for disconfirmations.

We "bowl alone," as sociologist Robert Putnam has put it. Yet this fails to account for a monumental shift in whom we join and for what. We still join together, but now we join for services too expensive to purchase alone—child care, the schools our children attend, recreational facilities, and security...

scapegoaters, but rather on the side of the scapegoated victim.

An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens.

Every boy should have two things: a dog and a mother who lets him have one

Personal prayer does not dispense us from corporate prayer. The one sustains the other.

Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

A boy's best friend is his mother.

A blind man will suffer himself to be led, though by a dog, or a child.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

What is a mom but the sunshine of our days and the north star of our nights.

Overheard at a gravesite: "And they all said 'I'm sorry for your loss,' as if you were someone who could ever be taken from me."

Sometimes the shortest distance between two points is a winding path walked arm in arm.

What you don't realize as a kid is that if your parents are always going to be there for you, they aren't going to be somewhere else doing exciting and glamorous things.

Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don't understand.

Never point a finger where you never lent a hand.

Do what you must, And your friends will adjust.

You always think you could have done more. That's why you need a friend — to tell you you did all you could.

A parent's love is whole no matter how many times divided.

There are days when you need someone who just wants to be your sunshine and not the air you breathe.