Marcia Wallace Quotes

We're raised to believe that asking for help - that not having all the answers - is a sign of weakness, somehow challenging our manhood.

Nobody likes to believe that they need anybody's help in anything, and the smarter you are - and I'm not smart - or the tougher you are - and at times I thought I was pretty tough - the more trouble you have.

Some people are too prideful to go out and reach out to people to help them in that situation because it's just such a dark time.

You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.

A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.

Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.

I'm not good at accepting help.

I am not brave. I am very weak. I am trying to overcome my problems. I do cry, I do break but I think that's normal.

There is so much focus on being self-sufficient, and it makes it very difficult to ask for things. I've been crippled by this notion of high-functioning self-sufficiency. And I see it a lot in younger girls. Asking for help brings people closer in a way that I suspected but didn't actually put into practice.

For me, 'Soul Deep' wasn't an easy thing to do.

By climbing mountains we were not learning how big we were. We were finding out how breakable, how weak and how full of fear we are.

It's hard to ask for help. It's even harder to accept it when people offer it.

I know what it feels like to be broke and alone, and I don't ever want my loved ones to see that or know what it's like.

Fear is trusting in your own power.

One of the biggest defects in life is the inability to ask for help.

I know that happy things and fun things eventually come to an end. But things that are scary and sad come to an end too...they always do. Even if you can't always believe that , please don't give up. Live.

You know how I always seem to be struggling, even when the situation doesn't call for it?

Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and to learn something new.

Do not be ashamed of help.

He who says he never needs help, most does.

How heroic to be able to suppress one's vanity to the extent of confessing that the game is too hard.

Not everything in the world is easy or powerful.

Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement. Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the level to which we protect ourselves from being vulnerable is a measure of our fear and disconnection.

This wasn't the way I had imagined my adventures, but reality ignored my wishes from the get-go, giving me a body best suited for stacking books in the library, injecting so much fear into my veins that I could only cower in the stairwell when the violence came. Maybe someday my arms and legs would thicken with muscle and the fear would drain away like dirty bathwater. I wish I believed these things would happen, but I didn't.

It takes great personal courage to let yourself appear weak.