Reaching Out Quotes

“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, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“I suppose I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.”
― Tennessee Williams

“DeWitt: Loneliness leads to nothing good, only detachment. And sometimes the people who most need to reach out are the people least capable of it.”
― Jane Espenson, Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon

“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If you reach in both directions, you will have spanned the universe.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.”
― Richard Paul Evans, Lost December

“Sometimes, you will go through awful trials in your life and then a miracle happens--God heals you. Don’t be disheartened when the people you love don’t see things like you do. There will be Pharisees in your life that will laugh it off, deny that it happened, or will mock your experience based on righteousness they think you don't possess. God won't deny you a spiritual experience because you are not a spiritual leader. He loves everyone equal. The only people that really matter in life are the people that can “see” your heart and rejoice with you.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“As we inhale soothing wellbeing through the radiant glow of an unsuspected lighthouse in the dark stormy nights of our life, we can come to feel the exhilarating rhythm of our heartbeat, finding compassion with ourselves and at one time reaching out to all the others. ("Le ciel c'est l'autre")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“You can’t selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and still expect to see the light.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“If you truly feel that self esteem and motivation have to happen first before you can make changes in your life, then we’ll probably be sharing walkers at a retirement home as we talk over what might have been.”
― Shannon Alder

“But in the wake of 'Bullet,' all the guys wanted to know was, 'How's it doing? How's it selling?' How to tell them I didn't give a flying fuck how it was doing in the marketplace, that what I cared about was how it was doing in the reader's heart?”
― Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

“When you reach out to those in need, do not be surprised if the essential meaning of something occurs.”
― Stephen Richards

“The simple gift of giving becomes an elaborate rich aftertaste of a natural blissful feeling, lingering endlessly in my lifetime.”
― Wes Adamson

“Like stars are to the sky, so are the children to our world. They deserve to shine!”
― Chinonye J. Chidolue

“Highlighting the emotional dynamics of love and the importance of communication or pinpointing its neglect reveals how fragile our interactions can be. By reaching out and connecting, we entrust a valued part of our inner selves, which can be enriching and liberating but also make us vulnerable. ("Poste Restante")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Never underestimate the lingering effects of a dash of spontaneous comfort.”
― Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

“Sometimes it was enough just to listen to voices that weren't your own.”
― Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had

“We are tempted (and encouraged) to believe that the kingdom of God spreads throughout the earth by presenting the gospel, through some pat formula, to strangers. That doesn't happen very often. The gospel spread throughout the world of the first centuries by conversations between close friends and relatives, business associates and neighbors-people with whom the passionate Christians already had personal contact. So today the Church grows and expands, and people come to maturity in Christ nearly always through the influence of people they already know and trust, like you.

Even the most shy person among us talks to people every day. Most of that talk is idle chatter, not very useful for the advancement of God's kingdom. Every one of those less-than-redemptive conversations is a lost opportunity for extending the Lordship of Jesus. However, if we could learn to enhance the quality of our conversations, we could improve our ability to do what Jesus commanded-make disciples. We could turn that meaningless chatter into a means of God's grace, helping our friends become all God intends for them and enriching their lives (and our own) in the process.”
― D. Michael Henderson, Making Disciples-One Conversation at a Time

“The Devil's sins have reached the saturation level. Meaning, it doesn't matter whether he sins more or less.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“He reaches toward me, as though he's going to run his fingers over the bruises. I bring up the crossbow, and he thinks better of it.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Keep reaching out your hand, Cassian had told her.

But what would it matter, she began to wonder, if no one bothered to reach back?”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“She had never seen him in pain before, not the soul kind. Yet he was now, and the longer he seemed left to his thoughts, the more it drenched him. Helen felt as if she didn’t know how to reach him, just knew she must try.

Her hand trembled as she raised it, and lowered it on top of his. It was not a careless touch—are they ever? But first touches hold an energy of their own, and Helen felt it surging from her. Giving, she hoped, some relief. Giving and not taking. That’s what she told herself. But when he pulled his hand back from under hers, she knew it hadn’t all been a gift. She had wanted something in return.”
― Corinne Beenfield, The Ocean's Daughter :

“I tried to go to group counseling, but the lady said they were full and so when I tried a 1-on-1 with a counselor, they didn’t respond to my calls. I tried so many times. It’s already so embarrassing asking for help. And you have to pick up my calls, too. Please, mom. When you don’t pick up the phone, my head goes all over the place and I think you’re dead.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, The Goodbye Song

“One thing I've learned is that when I say, "Hey so-and-so, I'm struggling with loneliness right now and could really use a chat with you because I love you,"... I almost always get a quick and tender response.”
― Terry J. Stokes, Prayers for the People: Things We Didn't Know We Could Say to God

“It was Amren who had said, Let her dig her own grave, boy. Then offer her a hand.

I thought that's what this past year has been, he'd countered.

Keep reaching out your hand, had been Amren's only reply.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“Keep reaching out your hand was utter bullshit when the person it was extended to could bite hard enough to rip off fingers.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“He was just so... earnest.
And thoughtful. Beyond the compliment he paid me--- you are so warm and friendly with everyone--- he'd understood me well enough to know that after my panic had subsided, I'd likely want my stuff back.
Without him hanging around.
The vulnerability Frederick must be feeling all but jumped from the page. Yet I could tell he had taken great pains to try and hide it. I thought back to the evening he'd tried so hard to understand my art. In hindsight, of course my art made no sense to him. The man was hundreds of years old! But he'd tried anyway, listening attentively as I explained it to him--- all because it was important to me.
Maybe Frederick was telling the truth when he said he never wanted to hurt me. It was seeming increasingly likely. He might not technically be alive--- and yes, he was a vampire--- but he was also...
Kind.
And thoughtful.
It's possible he'd been faking all that just to lure me in, but with some distance from the events of the other night, I didn't think that he'd been pretending.”
― Jenna Levine, My Roommate Is a Vampire

“I will reach out to the world from the corner of my little space and no devil can stop me from fulfilling this purpose.”
― Daniel ANIKOR