Jean Nidetch Quotes

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.

I was good at keeping my mother from crying.

Whenever something went wrong when I was young - if I had a pimple or if my hair broke - my mom would say, 'Sister mine, I'm going to make you some soup.' And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger.

Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother.

How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.

I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there.

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

There's no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.

That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.

The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.

My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.

When you are in the midst of suffering you are looking for someone to be Jesus to you. You are looking for someone to love you and help take care of you, and reach out to you.

There are widows who long for friendly voices and that spirit of anxious concern which speaks of love.

There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.

My mom was always the support. I can always go out to her and she'll always find the positive in things.

I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a scene, but my mother encircled me with affection.

I'll never forget my mom coming into the room middle of the night with YouTube videos of hypnotizing people saying, 'You're happy, you're going to be okay,' and she just played it in my ear as I slept.

In my darkest moments, I have not eaten an entire pie, but I have turned to other baked goods to find solace.

When everyone has let you down... You still have ice cream.

In misery it is great comfort to have a companion.

Though sympathy alone can't alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable.

In all cases of heart-ache, the application of another man's disappointment draws out the pain and allays the irritation.

Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help.