asking for help Quotes

“He thinks about how Sonja would have taken it if she’d found out. If she’d known that her best friend had not asked for her help because Sonja had ‘enough problems.’ She would have been heartbroken.”

“It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.”

“Gold clingeth to the protection of the cautious owner who invests it under the advice of men wise in its handling.”

“You’ve learned the lessons well. You first learned to live on less than you earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who are competent. Lastly, you’ve learned to make gold work for you.”

“When you bow deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you.”

“I think we ought to pray. Ask God for help. Ask him together.”

“Psychologists use words like codependent, symbiotic, or even fused to describe people who seem unable to be self-sufficient (...) with others. In contrast, Bowlby talked about ‘effective dependency’ and how being able, from ‘the cradle to the grave’, to turn to others for emotional support is a sign and a source of strength.”

“When we feel generally secure, that is, we are comfortable with closeness and confident about depending on loved ones, we are better at seeking support - and better at giving it.”

“I know you’re all alone in that room. If you should be thirsty, there’s no one to get you a glass of water. I wait listening, always. Just give me a sign! I’m right here...”

“Noble patricians, patrons of my right, Defend the justice of my cause with arms.”

“Fortunately, in God’s economy, getting to the end of ourselves is the beginning of hope. Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in Spirit” (Matthew 5:3)—meaning that when we realize we have no more resources, we’re ready to ask God for help.”

“I’m reminded that, often, God allows us to wrestle for long periods of time as we reach out for him.”

“When your back is up against the wall and you pray and seek his help, God will make a way through the trial.”