Amy Grant Quotes

Everybody needs somebody.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.

Mother Theresa said it is not how much we give that is important but how much love you put into doing it. So it is not just how many units of housing we create or how good our health care system is, it is that people have someone to eat dinner with and that people have someone to hold their hand when they die. That is what we are called to do and it is the love of Christ. It is relationships.

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other.

No one person is an island.

I believe that we were meant to live as social creatures, to reach out and bless each other's lives.

I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.

I have an interesting perspective on depending on others. I think it gives people a chance to serve. And I'm not so much big on independence, as I am on interdependence. I'm not talking about co-dependency, I'm talking about giving people the opportunity to practicing love with its sleeves rolled up.

When people believe they need each other, they cooperate.

Life is relationship, living is relationship. We cannot live if you and I have built a wall around ourselves and just peep over that wall occasionally. Unconsciously, deeply, under the wall, we are related.

Don't take your friends for granted or that everyone is going to be OK.

Community and families are what we're neglecting. This is what's holding us back as people, and instead, we want to look at everything else.

The more we are concerned for the well being of others, the closer we will feel to each other.

We need each other, deeper than anyone ever dares to admit even to themselves. I think it is a genetic imperative that we huddle together and hold on to each other. There is no question in my mind that there is nothing else in life, really, than friendship.

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

By building relations we create a source of love and personal pride and belonging that makes living in a chaotic world easier.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

Dogs give us something just as we give something to them.

My wife gets mad at me, because I'll worry more about my friends than I worry about myself.

We all need each other.

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.

The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.

What makes a fulfilling relationship or fulfilling life is not simply found in another. It's found in a group of others.

Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.