Caregivers Quotes

The source of most human violence and suffering has been a hidden children's holocaust throughout history, whereby billions of innocent human beings have been routinely murdered, bound, starved, raped, mutilated, battered, and tortured by their parents and other caregivers, so that they grow up as emotionally crippled adults and become vengeful time bombs who periodically restage their early traumas in sacrificial rites called wars.

Lloyd deMause

Children, Growing Up, War

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One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.

Jim Rohn

Relationship, Sympathy, Kindness

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 10, 2017

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There's a special place in heaven for caregivers.

Maureen Reagan

Daughter, Dad, Father

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You can do anything, but not everything.

David Allen

Inspirational, Wisdom, Powerful

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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

Maya Angelou

Love, Inspirational, Broken Heart

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 29, 2010

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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Dalai Lama

Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

Dalai Lama, Victor Chan (2012). “The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights”, p.11, Random House

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There are only four kinds of people in the world - those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.

Rosalynn Carter

Caring, Helping Others, People

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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

Love, Inspirational, Life

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Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Norman MacEwen

Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.

Naomi Judd

Needs, Generations, Care

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Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn't know possible.

Tia Walker

Caregiving, Knows

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Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

Wayne Dyer

Love, Relationship, Inspiring

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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

Lou Holtz

Inspirational, Sports, Attitude

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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Helen Keller

Love, Inspirational, Funny

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Amy Tan

Inspirational, Life, Change

Amy Tan (2003). “The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life”, p.47, Penguin

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What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.

Louis Mann

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Confucius

Life, Success, Mistake

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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.

Joan Baez

Inspirational, Positive, Death

Joan Baez (1968). “DAYBREAK”

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Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

Jim Rohn

Life, Motivational, Inspiring

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jul 30, 2016

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It is so important as a caregiver not to become so enmeshed in the role that you lose yourself. It's neither good for you nor your loved one.

Dana Reeve

Important, Roles, Losing Yourself

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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.

Ramana Maharshi

Life, Inspiring, Self

"Abide as the Self: The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi". Documentary, January 1, 1998.

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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

Martial

Caring, World, Faults

"Epigrams" by Martial, III, 42, c. 80 - 104 AD.

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Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Inspirational, Caring, Challenges

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Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

Chogyam Trungpa

Inspirational, Life, Happiness

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism”, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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