Frederic William Farrar Quotes

There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble.

Dr. Rice went well beyond offering a helping hand - she went so far as to shed tears and share hugs with those who, in a matter of just a few hours, had lost everything to the rising floodwaters.

I think when you suffer a tremendous loss, everybody needs love and support in tangible ways. And that's what people have done for us.

In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science.

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

Compassion takes imagination.

Another person's illness is often harder to bear than one's own.

To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others.

Nothing made you feel so useless as another person's grief.

Your wealth of experience makes you rich. Spend it on hurt people. They need it so badly.

Love burdens itself with the wants and woes and losses and even the wrongs of others.

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

He shouldn't be alone at a time like this. This is a special time for me to be around as much as I can. He needs his family and his friends and his fans.

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

It could have been me. And just the hope and prayers that, you know, if, if the shoes were switched, that you know, Laci would do the same thing for me.

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.

There's a general impulse to distract the grieving person - as if you could.

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

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

When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

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

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

I'll always remember when I bumped into Good Morning America's Robin Roberts on a flight to my mother's funeral in 1994, and how kind she was during that difficult time.

You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving.

People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them.