Quotes about Support
In the high tide or low tide, I'm gonna be your friend... I'm gonna be your friend!
— Bob Marley
Surround yourself with people who can help you grow into the person you want to become.
— Mensah Oteh
Spend your time with people who recognise and appreciate your value.
— Mensah Oteh
One friend in a storm is worth more than a thousand friends in sunshine.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast of some great ammiral, were but a wand, He walk'd with, to support uneasy steps over the burning marle.
— John Milton
May the cheering contemplation of the glorious hope set before us—support and animate us to improve our short interval on earth, and fill us with a holy ambition of shining as lights in this evil world, to the praise and glory of His grace—who has called us out of darkness, into His glorious light!
— John Newton
Never worry alone. When anxiety grabs my mind, it is self-perpetuating. Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most powerful ways to stop the spiral of worry is simply to disclose my worry to a friend... The simple act of reassurance from another human being [becomes] a tool of the Spirit to cast out fear -- because peace and fear are both contagious.
— John Ortberg
To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
— John Ortberg
No matter how little money we have, no matter what rung we occupy on anybody's corporate ladder of success, in the end what everybody discovers is that what matters is other people. Human beings who give themselves to relational greatness—who have friends they laugh with, cry with, learn with, fight with, dance with, live and love and grow old and die with—these are the human beings who lead magnificent lives.
— John Ortberg
No men can be lords of our faith, though they may be helpers of our joy.
— John Owen
In other words, when all the supports of human life and earthly happiness are taken away, God will be our delight, our joy. This experience is humanly impossible. No ordinary person can speak in truth like this. If God alone is enough to support joy when all else is lost, it is a miracle of grace.
— John Piper
Once, while visiting the continent, Spurgeon was asked about the secret of his ministry. After a moment s pause Mr. Spurgeon said, "My people pray for me.
— John Piper