Quotes About Caring

It's no surprise that as I heal inside, I'm also becoming more adept at healing others.

Honesty is stronger medicine than sympathy, which may console but often conceals.

You do good mothering.

The opposite of passionate love is not hatred; it is indifference.

Actually, if truth be told, love and unselfishness are also received in a radically different way by the object of the proffered charity.  In the former case, the recipient is assured that another human being cares deeply about him; in the latter, he feel manipulated and used.

I like to know what my friends are thinking and feeling. If too long a time elapses without my checking up on these things, I find that where once was a friend there is now a pleasant stranger.

She'd wanted to run an inn. To welcome people, to mother them. They had no children of their own, and she had a powerful need to nurture.

But they, better than most, knew that no place was really safe from physical harm. Anything could happen to anyone, at any moment. What made a place safe were the people. The caring. The kindness. The helping. Sometimes the mourning. And often the forgiveness.

But they [Armand Gamache and Isabelle Lacoste], better than most, knew that no place was really safe from physical harm. Anything could happen to anyone, at any moment. What made a place safe were the people. The caring. The kindness. The helping. Sometimes the mourning. And often the forgiveness.

Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter for the other: Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth for the other: Now there is no more loneliness. -First Nations wedding blessing

Now you will feel no rain / For each of you will be shelter for the other,

Anything could happen to anyone, at any moment. What made a place safe were the people. The caring. The kindness. The helping. Sometimes the mourning. And often the forgiveness.

I put my arm around her and said, "Jas, I have found that when you are troubled, it is often better to think of others rather than yourself. I think you would feel much better if you got me some milky coffee and jammy dodgers and I told you all about me.

I care too much for people. I am a bit like Jesus. Only not so heavily bearded.

But I can be a very kind and caring person, especially if I am about three thousand miles away in a different country.

Kedves Muti és Vati! Remélem, a macskalincselÅ' gy?lés rendben zajlik. Találtam egy darabka száraz pirítóst a teámhoz meg egy kis kukoricapelyhet, hogy elkerüljem a skorbutot. Gondoljatok rám, ha akad egy szabad percetek. Lányotok, Georgia

If you wished to be loved, love.

Be a mensch, my mother told me, no matter what situation you're in. Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

People always say that, when you love someone, nothing in the world matters. But that's not true, is it? You know, and I know, that when you love someone, everything in the world matters a little bit more." ? Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care

I think it's human nature that those of us who are married cannot rest easy until we find mates for our single friends.

Rest easy, real mothers. The fact that you worry about being a good mother means you already are one.

What stands in the way of effortless effort is caring, or a conscious attempt to do well.

Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows? Maybe just like that little baby, putting your arm around somebody and letting him or her know that you care can help begin to heal that person's heart. Maybe you can give a rescuing hug.

Love is not a thought; it is an action verb. It is not a thing, but an expression. You can't love in a vacuum; love demands an object. It demands a relationship. "N