Life can be hard. We all need a little help now and then. Support from friends, family, or even strangers can make a huge difference.
In this article, you’ll find some of the best quotes about support. These words can uplift you and remind you that you’re not alone. Let’s dive into these powerful quotes together.
Quotes About Friendship Support
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” — Elbert Hubbard
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” — Woodrow Wilson
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” — Walter Winchell
“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.” — Octavia Butler
“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” — Mencius
“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.” — Irish Proverb
“Friendship is not about whom you have known the longest; it is about who came and never left your side.” — Unknown
“we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“A friend is one of the best things you can be and the greatest things you can have.” — Sarah Valdez
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” — David Tyson
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” — Euripides
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’” — C.S. Lewis
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” — Amy Poehler
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” — Elisabeth Foley
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.” — Khalil Gibran
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” — Helen Keller
“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” — Donna Roberts
“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life.” — Jean de La Fontaine
“Friends are the family you choose.” — Jess C. Scott
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” — Hubert H. Humphrey
“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” — Khalil Gibran
“A friend is what the heart needs all the time.” — Henry Van Dyke
“Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” — John Evelyn
“A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.” — Arnold H. Glasgow
“Friendship is the wine of life.” — Edward Young
“The best mirror is an old friend.” — George Herbert
“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.” — Baltasar Gracian
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” — Thomas Aquinas
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There are friendships imprinted in our hearts that will never be diminished by time and distance.” — Dodinsky
“Friends are medicine for a wounded heart, and vitamins for a hopeful soul.” — Steve Maraboli
“A friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than a lot of friends who only know your smile.” — Unknown
“True friendship isn’t about being inseparable, it’s being separated and nothing changes.” — Unknown
Quotes for Family Encouragement
“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox
“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach
“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” – George Santayana
“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” – George Bernard Shaw
“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” – Desmond Tutu
“Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.” – David Ogden Stiers
“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.” – Mario Puzo
“Family gives you the roots to stand tall and strong.” – Unknown
“Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” – Brad Henry
“The love of a family is life’s greatest blessing.” – Unknown
“Where there is family, there is love.” – Unknown
“Being part of a family means smiling for photos.” – Harry Morgan
“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” – Barbara Bush
“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching—they are your family.” – Jim Butcher
“The family is the first essential cell of human society.” – Pope John XXIII
“At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable.” – Mark V. Olsen
“Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life!” – Albert Einstein
“Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.” – J.K. Rowling
“In time of test, family is best.” – Burmese Proverb
“It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” – Peter Buffett
“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa
“Family is the heart of a home.” – Unknown
“The most important thing in the world is family and love.” – John Wooden
“The family is a haven in a heartless world.” – Christopher Lasch
“Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.” – Unknown
“My family is my strength and my weakness.” – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
“Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. And having both is a blessing.” – Unknown
“Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family. Having both – is a blessing.” – Donna Hedges
“Family: where life begins and love never ends.” – Unknown
“Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.” – Mitch Albom
“You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.” – Anita Baker
“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Family is the invisible force that protects you from the storms of life.” – Unknown
Quotes to Inspire Team Spirit
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” – Napolean Hill
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson
“None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.” – Mother Teresa
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” – Babe Ruth
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan
“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results.” – Ifeany Enoch Onuoha
“Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” – Mattie Stepanek
“Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“In union there is strength.” – Aesop
“Surround yourself with a trusted and loyal team. It makes all the difference.” – Alison Pincus
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” – Ryunosuke Satoro
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Coming together is a beginning. Staying together is progress. And working together is success.” – Edward Everett Hale
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” – H.E. Luccock
“The nicest thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.” – Margaret Carty
“None of us is as smart as all of us.” – Ken Blanchard
“Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.” – Unknown
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler
“A successful team is a group of many hands and one mind.” – Bill Bethel
“Teamwork makes the dream work.” – John C. Maxwell
“Together, ordinary people can achieve extraordinary results.” – Becka Schoettle
“It takes both sides to build a bridge.” – Fredrik Nael
“The strength in the team is in each individual member…the strength of each member is in the team.” – Unknown
“Helping one person might not change the whole world, but it could change the world for one person.” – Unknown
“True love is helping each other grow as unique individuals while supporting each other’s goals and dreams.” – Unknown
“Surround yourself with those who only lift you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey
“A single leaf working alone provides no shade.” – Chuck Page
“Great achievements are not possible without great support.” – Arianna Huffington
“We rise by lifting others.” – Robert Ingersoll
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb
Quotes on Overcoming Difficulties Together
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” – Ryunosuke Satoro
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Henry Ford
“We rise by lifting others.” – Robert Ingersoll
“When ‘I’ becomes ‘We’, even illness becomes wellness.” – Malcolm X
“Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
“Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take the step.” – Naeem Callaway
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.” – Bill Richardson
“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” – Emily Kimbrough
“None of us is as smart as all of us.” – Ken Blanchard
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” – John Holmes
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” – Charles Dickens
“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” – Peter Marshall
“Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.” – Swedish Proverb
“it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Some of the most comforting words are ‘me too’. That moment when you find out that your struggle is also someone else’s struggle, that you’re not alone, and that others have been down the same road.” – Unknown
“There is no better way to lighten up your life than to let go of your burdens and walk with someone you trust.” – An original quote
“Teamwork makes the dream work.” – John C. Maxwell
“Lean on me, when you’re not strong, and I’ll be your friend. I’ll help you carry on.” – Bill Withers
“Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.” – Swedish Proverb
“Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.” – Zig Ziglar
“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” – Albert Einstein
“Happiness is only real when shared.” – Christopher McCandless
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
“A problem shared is a problem halved.” – Unknown
“It’s not about having the perfect relationship. It’s about finding someone who will be there through everything without giving up.” – Unknown
“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.” – Madonna
“Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the ‘me’ for the ‘we’.” – Phil Jackson
“Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone’s hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.” – Vera Nazarian
Quotes Celebrating Mutual Support
“We rise by lifting others.” – Robert Ingersoll
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” – Donna Roberts
“Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
“Support is not about giving advice. It’s often just about lending an ear and being present.” – Unknown
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” – Charles Dickens
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“When you support someone, you give them the strength to keep going.” – Maya Angelou
“Sometimes the best way to help someone is just to be near them.” – Veronica Roth
“A friend is what the heart needs all the time.” – Henry Van Dyke
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” – John Holmes
“True friends are always together in spirit.” – L.M. Montgomery
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
“When you know your friend has your back, it makes all the difference.” – Unknown
“A real friend is one who always supports you, even in your weakest moments.” – William Shakespeare
“We cannot help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” – Ronald Reagan
“To the world, you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.” – Brandi Snyder
“The strength of a team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” – Ed Cunningham
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
“It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters.” – Unknown
“Encourage each other, and build each other up.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:11
“Sometimes, being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.” – Octavia Butler
“A little help and a little hope in every person’s life can make a great difference.” – Unknown
“Support means sharing the burden and making it lighter for everyone involved.” – Unknown
“I get by with a little help from my friends.” – The Beatles
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” – Euripides
“A friend in need is a friend indeed.” – Latin Proverb
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” – William James
“Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” – Unknown
“Remember, upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.” – Alexander the Great
Quotes for Support in Relationships
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
“Love is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart.” – Gabriel García Márquez
“The most important thing in the world is family and love.” – John Wooden
“the love you take is equal to the love you make.” – The Beatles
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
“True love is born from understanding.” – Buddha
“The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.” – Henry Miller
“Where there is love, there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” – Nicholas Sparks
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens
“In a relationship each person should support the other; they should lift each other up.” – Taylor Swift
“Support, care, and stand by your partner, for these gestures build the strongest of bonds.” – Anonymous
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
“There is no greater joy than being surrounded by the family you cherish and the friends you love.” – Unknown
“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.” – Epicurus
“When we have each other, we have everything.” – Anonymous
“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Love is the greatest refreshment in life.” – Pablo Picasso
“True love is not a hide-and-seek game; in true love, both lovers seek each other.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.” – Dr. Seuss
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Sometimes the greatest act of love is to simply be there.” – Unknown
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” – Khalil Gibran
“The best proof of love is trust.” – Joyce Brothers
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“The best love is the kind that strengthens your soul, comforts your heart, and brings peace to your mind.” – Unknown
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
“Love and support are the roots of a strong relationship; without them, the tree cannot grow.” – Anonymous
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“A true relationship is two imperfect people refusing to give up on each other.” – Unknown
Quotes to Uplift During Hard Times
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“The darkest hour has only sixty minutes.” – Morris Mandel
“When the world says, ‘Give up,’ Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time.'” – Anonymous
“The only way to get through this is through it. You can’t go around it. You can’t go over it. You’ve got to go through it.” – Anonymous
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive.” – Haruki Murakami
“No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible.” – George Chakiris
“Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.” – Albert Camus
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
“Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de La Bruyère
“When I stand before thee at the day’s end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.” – Rabindranath Tagore
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
“Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” – Benjamin Franklin
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” – Susan Gale
“Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever.” – Anonymous
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” – Lee Iacocca
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
“We have more strength than will; and it is often merely for an excuse we say things are impossible.” – François de la Rochefoucauld
“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” – Seneca
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle
“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” – C.C. Scott
“Some of the most beautiful things we have in life come from our mistakes.” – Surgeo Bell
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“The greatest win is walking with cheerfulness through the agitations of life.” – Albert Camus
“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
Quotes About Supportive Communities
“Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
“It takes a village to raise a child.” – African Proverb
“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” – Margaret J. Wheatley
“We rise by lifting others.” – Robert Ingersoll
“Connection is why we’re here; it gives purpose and meaning to our lives.” – Brené Brown
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” – Coretta Scott King
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” – Henry Ford
“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” – Henrik Ibsen
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” – Henry Ford
“Creating strong community relationships builds the foundation for the culture of support.” – Anonymous
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” – Ryunosuke Satoro
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” – J.K. Rowling
“In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.” – Marianne Williamson
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde
“Community is where humility and glory touch.” – Henri Nouwen
“We are stronger as a community. There’s power in our voices when they are united.” – Anonymous
“The bonds that unite a community are essential for its survival and growth.” – Anonymous
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” – African Proverb
“A strong community is not something we find, but something we create.” – Anonymous
“In times of need, a supportive community is more powerful than any single individual.” – Anonymous
“The real source of wealth and capital in this new era is not material things; it is the human mind, the human spirit, the human imagination, and our faith in the future.” – Steve Forbes
“The success of a community depends on everyone playing their part and lifting each other up.” – Anonymous
“Supportive communities are built on the foundation of mutual respect and shared goals.” – Anonymous
“Building community is to the collective as spiritual practice is to the individual.” – Grace Lee Boggs
“A community united in purpose is a beacon of hope to all.” – Anonymous
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” – Stephen R. Covey
“Communities become great when they allow the individual strengths of each member to shine.” – Anonymous
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” – Khalil Gibran
“A supportive community nurtures the soul and inspires the heart.” – Anonymous
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“True community is not just about being geographically close to someone or part of the same social web network. It’s about feeling connected and responsible for what happens.” – Yehuda Berg
“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.” – Tecumseh
“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey
The Bottom Line
Support is a powerful force in our lives. It uplifts us during tough times and motivates us in moments of doubt. The quotes we’ve gathered remind us of the importance of giving and receiving support. They highlight the simple yet profound impact of standing by each other.
These words of wisdom can inspire you to offer a helping hand or lean on someone when needed. They make us think about the value of community and connection. When we support one another, we create a brighter future for everyone. Use these quotes to encourage, uplift, and spread kindness in your world.
