Supportiveness Quotes

“Do not be ashamed of help.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“There is no greater power and support you can give someone than to look them in the eye, and with sincerity/conviction say, 'I believe in you.”
― Ken Poirot, Mentor Me: GA=T+E—A Formula to Fulfill Your Greatest Achievement

“Don't give up when dark times come. The more storms you face in life, the stronger you'll be. Hold on. Your greater is coming.”
― Germany Kent

“Women helped each other in ways small and large every day, without thinking, and that was what kept them going even when the world came up with new and exciting ways to crush them.”
― Alyssa Cole, Let Us Dream

“This was how we'd always played.
You were Cinderella, I was a mouse.
You were Alice, I was the Hatter.
You were the sun, and I wasn't even the moon.”
― David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility

“While in principle groups for survivors are a good idea, in practice it soon becomes apparent that to organize a successful group is no simple matter. Groups that start out with hope and promise can dissolve acrimoniously, causing pain and disappointment to all involved. The destructive potential of groups is equal to their therapeutic promise. The role of the group leader carries with it a risk of the irresponsible exercise of authority.
Conflicts that erupt among group members can all too easily re-create the dynamics of the traumatic event, with group members assuming the roles of perpetrator, accomplice, bystander, victim, and rescuer. Such conflicts can be hurtful to individual participants and can lead to the group’s demise. In order to be successful, a group must have a clear and focused understanding of its therapeutic task and a structure that protects all participants adequately against the dangers of traumatic reenactment. Though groups may vary widely in composition and structure, these basic conditions must be fulfilled without exception.
Commonality with other people carries with it all the meanings of the word common. It means belonging to a society, having a public role, being part of that which is universal. It means having a feeling of familiarity, of being known, of communion. It means taking part in the customary, the commonplace, the ordinary, and the everyday. It also carries with it a feeling of smallness, or insignificance, a sense that one’s own troubles are ‘as a drop of rain in the sea.’ The survivor who has achieved commonality with others can rest from her labors. Her recovery is accomplished; all that remains before her is her life.”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

“We live by encouragement and die without it -- slowly, sadly, and angrily.”
― Celeste Holm

“The only expectations you must live up to are your own...You are not the sum of other's judgments or thoughts. Nor will you ever be. You are the sum of what you believe yourself to be. Let others limit themselves with judgment and negativity if they choose. But you must take another path if you want to make a difference.”
― Shelley K. Wall

“A good friend is Always the right cure”
― Chnar Hawramy

“Amazing! All of the ingredients, prepared just how I want them...
"Is this rough mix good enough?"
"Yeah!"
... are showing up at my fingertips exactly where I need them. I only have one person helping me...
... but...
... it feels like I'm working three or four times faster than when I'm cooking alone!
"What on earth is that?"
"Let's see... Soma Yukihira. My! He transferred in as a freshman? How unusual."
"He's anticipating her every move...
melding her work with his support into one cohesive whole."
"He does nothing unnecessary...
constantly keeping one eye on Megumi Tadokoro, so he never impedes her work.”
― Yuto Tsukuda, 食戟のソーマ 4 [Shokugeki no Souma 4]

“There's tremendous beauty in you.”
― Nikki Elizabeth, Part One: Experiment