James Dobson Quotes

Maria did teach us a lot. It taught us to value what we have: our friends, our neighbors, and those who helped us. I know my people in PR are active. It took us by surprise, but we are warriors, and we are ready for any adversity.

It's the friends that make you survive this flat place called the Midwest.

Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.

Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.

No one should be left to suffer alone.

All I have are the people.

There are too many people around keeping me grounded to go off the rails.

What I learned for myself... is that no matter what the circumstances, people survive.

One can't live in solitude. To survive as a single family unit is not possible.

That's the key thing I learned from making 'The East': It doesn't matter what happens in your life, good or bad. What matters is that there's a group around you to catch you when you fall and push you back up a little bit.

I really, really need community.

No one has to bear the burden of tough times all by themselves.

It is astonishing how the human animal survives its misfortunes.

I see disaster everywhere; I also […] see generosity and resistance everywhere.

I feel very inspired right now because I know there are a lot of people out there who are really scared but I feel this great sense of togetherness and people coming together and saying, "I got your back."

Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn't have each other you had nothing.

You can't live entirely alone. You have to have some kind of a support system.

The harder survival becomes, the more you want to pull together. And the more you want to pull together, the harder survival becomes.

What after all, has maintained the human race on this old globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind, if not faith in new possibilities, and courage to advocate them?

Trust me on this: no one is better off alone.

The real question is how do you survive at the same time you pose those risks? Because you need to survive. And it seems to me that you survive in community or in solidarity, with others who are taking the risk with you.

Even though homelessness reaches into the depths of despair, there's also a pride and beauty in it, as well.

One has to handle these negative experiences alone.You can't get help from your friends or family.You're finally alone with it, and you have to come to grips with misfortune and go on.

I had no answer to those questions, only hope. With absolutely no one to turn to, no Mikey, no Axe, no Danny, I have to face the final battle by myself, maybe lonely, maybe desolate, maybe against formidable odds. But I was not giving up. I had only one Teammate. And He moved, as ever, in mysterious ways. But I was a Christian, and He had somehow saved me from a thousand AK-47 bullets on that day. No one had shot me, which was well nigh beyond all comprehension.

When I walked into the Christian section of a bookstore, the message was clear: Faith is something you do alone. Rick does not have much tolerance for people living alone. He's like Bill Clinton in that he feels everyone's pain. If Rick thinks somebody is lonely, he can't sleep at night. He wants us all to live with each other and play nice so he can get some rest. Tortured soul.