Crisis Support Quotes

If you're that depressed, reach out to someone. And remember, suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem.

She was very kind to us when Joe and I went through the darkest days of the leak of my name in 2003. And, of course, Joe worked in the Clinton White House.

I was a little-known political consultant until Bill Clinton made me. When he came upon hard times, I felt it my duty - whatever my personal misgivings - to stick by him.

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.

We've gotten tremendous support. Everybody now understands how critical it is to help small businesses get out of this recession and into recovery.

When someone is in crisis, don't start by teaching, leveraging, or explaining. Just be with.

Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.

If you don't feel comfortable with the Red Cross, anything that you feel comfortable sending money to -- that you know is going to get to the hurricane victims -- send money. Because that's what you can do to help. And a lot of prayers. Lots of prayers.

Suicide: Don't knock it if you ain't tried it.

I remember being in New Orleans after Katrina hearing people calling, 'Help me,' and wanting to slide down in the seat of my car because it felt like I was invading their suffering. But I also know that our being there gave them a voice.

For people considering suicide, it is bullshit. Endure the moment.

In minor crises, the preacher can extract himself emotionally and allow others to express grief and fear and doubt while he remains strong.

After 9/11, the American Red Cross received more than half a billion dollars in donations to help the victims of the terrorist attacks. The families of the victims were already well-provided for by various government funds, so Red Cross simply drew a line across lower Manhattan and offered everyone there financial assistance, whether they needed it or not.

There has certainly been criticism of the timing involved in getting help to the victims of the storm, and much of it may indeed be warranted. However, this is not the time for pointing fingers; rather, it is the time for offering a helping hand to our neighbors in need.

You find yourself in this place where you really get to find out what you're made of, and what I found was that when I was at my time of greatest need, there were people who appeared in my life, and helped me through it.

Adoption should be an empowering option for young women in crisis, knowing that the people around them - family, friends, church - will respect their choice.

All I know is that when I needed McDonald’s, McDonald’s was there for me.

Suicide note. "To my friends. My work is done why wait?"

I wanted to be sure that my donation did two things: went directly into the hands of hurricane victims and that it was an amount that could really impact their lives and make a difference.

It's the friend you call up at four o'clock in the morning that really matters.

I would like to help my people in any way I can. It's difficult times in Pakistan and we all have to help.

May the Lord bless the family and strengthen it in this moment of crisis

The Trevor Project provides crisis-intervention and suicide-prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning teens and young adults. It's truly a lifeline to so many young people who just need someone to listen to them.

How often have we ourselves said or have heard others exclaim in times of crisis or trouble, 'I just don't know where to turn'? If we will just use it, there is a gift available to all of us-the gift of looking to God for direction. Here is an avenue of strength, comfort, and guidance.

I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally.