Care Giving Quotes

“Political bodies endlessly debate the pros and cons of every action that will improve the lives of the weak and the oppressed. The resulting legislation is usually a watered down version of charitable actions directed at uplifting the poor. Any government invariably tailors its allocation of resources and alignment of power to protect the pocketbooks of the wealthy and powerful. Consequently, the true benefactors of any government’s socioeconomic programs are prominent people and rich corporations. Thomas Jefferson said, ‘I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.-- Dementia Patient Rose in The Inspired Caregiver”
― Peggi Speer and Tia Walker

“I believe that most caregivers find that they inherit a situation where they just kind of move into caregiving. It's not a conscious decision for most caregivers, and they are ultimately left with the responsibility of working while still trying to be the caregiver, the provider, and the nurturer.- Sharon Law Tucker”
― Peggi Speers, The Inspired Caregiver: Finding Joy While Caring for Those You Love

“Oh God, please find it within your heart to grant me a heart that looks after itself only because it has first looked after others. And help me to realize that anything less is not a heart.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The thought didn't hurt the way it had, she realized. Not that the loss was gone, but it had receded, somehow, drowned out not by any particular thing but by the normal press of living.”
― Claire Humphrey, The Sum Of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound

“The words travelled down, and in the end I was their only listener; they returned to me with centres slightly loosened”
― Sarah Sasson, Signs of Life: an anthology

“The words travelled down, and in the end I was their only listener; they returned to me with centres slightly loosened.”
― Sarah Sasson

“I need you in ways that are both ancient and new.”
― Sarah Sasson, Signs of Life: an anthology