Quotes about Support

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it's the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.

No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. For every friend whom he loses for truth, he gains a better.

The only way to have a friend is to be one

What an encouragement to know that even if no one else knows our needs and is praying for us, Christ does and is.

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Being disconnected from the local church, for whatever reason, is a dangerous way to live...like lone sheep away from the safety of the flock and the watchful care of the shepherd, [these lone rangers] are vulnerable to predators of every sort." —Nancy Leigh DeMoss

The greater the involvement in another's life, the greater is the demand for sacrifice.

Purpose is to life what the skeleton is to the body. The muscle may have strength, but it needs support and attachment.

You see, marriage is a blend—not just of bodies and affections but, ultimately, of two people walking in stride through the hard moments that would divide any other friendship.

But certainly, to turn to God when all your earthly needs are already met is to express in no certain terms that faith in God is to trust Him even when other supports are within reach.

Oh, because a dream is a personal experience of that deep, dark ground that is the support of our conscious lives, and a myth is the society's dream. The myth is the public dream and the dream is the private myth. If your private myth, your dream, happens to coincide with that of the society, you are in good accord with your group. If it isn't, you've got an adventure in the dark forest ahead of you.