Brad Meltzer Quotes

You have to rely on your support system. Growing up, I always thought it was a sign of weakness to ask for help, but now I realize it's really a sign of strength to say, 'I need help, I can't do it all.'

What people don't realize is that everybody needs support, one way or another.

Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.

The victory is when I realize that I can't do it on my own.

People will help each other because there is a sense of camaraderie that springs up, which is a survival tactic. You help them because you know you might need their help later. And that is incredibly reassuring.

I think I unknowingly seek people who are better than me in the sense of strength and wisdom. It's like I've got to know and trust that you have the answers and that you can carry me if needed.

It is okay to ask for help. I give help when others need it, and ask for help when I need it.

It's still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others.

But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can't pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that.

How we need another soul to cling to.

I tell people my only successful long-term relationship was with Jim Packard. He was my rock. I didn't realize how codependent I was.

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

Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency.

You are never strong enough that you don't need help.

It drives me nuts how I rely on my wife for everything. I can't imagine a day without her!

I simply couldn't make it without a copilot.

I get tired too, just like everybody else. Sometimes I tell people that, but all I get is people saying that being vulnerable and weak is just not like me. I rarely get the response of emotional support I want. But sometimes I need it.

So you see, you can't do everything alone.

My mom always instilled in me that it was braver to ask for help when you need it. That has absolutely stuck with me over the years but became even more important in practice once I became a mother. It may sound trite, but the concept of 'it takes a village' really could not be more true.

Sometimes, my weakness is where the strength really is, and it leads me to depend in the areas where I really should.

I trust you because I need you.

The dumber people are, the more they feel the need for a broad set of shoulders they can lay their head against.

No one person can fulfill all your needs. But the community can truly hold you. The community can let you experience the fact that, beyond your anguish, there are human hands that hold you and show you God's faithful love.

As human beings, we are only able to survive in dependence upon the co-operation, help and kindness of other fellow humans.