Comfort in Times of Need Quotes

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

God was going to be to me the father that I never had, the father that I didn't have enough of, enough time with.

One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I'll be over in a hospital somewhere with four walls around me. And the only people who'll be with me will be my family.

The key is that your children are aware that you love them a lot, and that you are there when they really, really need you. If a kid was ill, I would simply leave a meeting and go home.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too late?

For the most part, having a strong family gets you through anything.

I believe in God, because he is the only thing that kept me going. He's my best friend.

The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives.

Pack is for comfort when you hurt, I thought, putting my head back down. And for the first time in a long time, maybe the first time ever, I appreciated being a part of one.

The girls are such a part of my life. When times are tough, we sort of pull together as like a family does - not always liking each other, but certainly love each other at the end of the day.

The times when we need prayers or counsel, we are little like to be in a mood to learn, nor yet to understand.

Sometimes it can be bad to have too much family. Everybody gets involved in your problems, giving their opinion, gossiping, and making drama. But when bad things happen, they will be there to support you.

You may never learn the names of any of the people you talk to in a dog park, even after many, many hours spent there with them, and many hours of conversation. But if - knock on wood - anything should ever happen to your dog, these nameless non-strangers will rally, sympathize, offer to help, and hold your hand. I know this from experience.