These 55 Inspirational Family Caregiver Quotes Will Get You Through Tough Days
Being a family caregiver is an overwhelming, yet fulfilling, role that can be hard for others to understand fully. While caregivers get great joy from their role, it can often be isolating. These inspirational caregiver quotes beautifully acknowledge the ups and downs of the caregiving dynamic.
When someone you love becomes unable to care for themself, it can be a heartbreaking experience for the whole family. But, as your loved one's primary caregiver, you see their struggles up close and personal in a way others don't, which can be a huge emotional burden to bear. Keeping a few caregiver quotes nearby can help you get through even the toughest days.
If you're looking for the best caregiver appreciation quotes, funny caregiver quotes, and caregiver burnout quotes, we have them below—and they're bound to strike a chord. Whether you're looking for a quote that speaks to the challenges of caregiving or need a caregiver quote that will inspire you to see the good in this tough situation, these 55 quotes for caregivers about the power of loving care are just reminders you need to keep going. Because really, every caregiver needs that—at least once in a while.
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55 Caregiver Quotes
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1. "Caregiving is a constant learning experience." — Vivian Frazier
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2. "They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." — Carl W. Buechner
3. “Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.” — Mason Cooley
4. "Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give them yours." — Zig Ziglar
5. “To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.” ― Tia Walker
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6. "Family is the most important thing in the world." — Princess Diana
7. “It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing.” — Mother Teresa
8. "Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy." — Senator John Hoeven
9. "There will come a time when your loved one is gone, and you will find comfort in the fact that you were their caregiver." — Karen Coetzer
10. “There are only four kinds of people in the world. Those who have been caregivers. Those who are currently caregivers. Those who will be caregivers, and those who will need a caregiver.” — Rosalyn Carter
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11. "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." ― Lao Tzu
12. “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” — Bernice Johnson Reagon
13. “The simple act of caring is heroic.” — Edward Albert
14. “My caregiver mantra is to remember: the only control you have is over the changes you choose to make.” — Nancy L. Kriseman
15. "We rise by lifting others." — Robert Ingersoll
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16. “It is not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.” — Lena Horne
17. "Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow.” — Les Brownn
18. “Sometimes asking for help is the most meaningful example of self-reliance.” — Cory Booker
19. “God gave burdens; he also gave shoulders.” — Yiddish Proverb
20. “One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.” — Jim Rohn
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21. "The disease might hide the person underneath, but there's still a person in there who needs your love and attention." — Jamie Calandriello
22. "Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness." ― Rollo May
23. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the things which you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
24. “Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.” — Wayne Dyer
25. "You have two hands. One to help yourself, and one to help others." — Audrey Hepburn
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26. “Impossible situations can become possible miracles.” — Robert H. Schuller
27. “Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.” ― Margaret Mead
28. "Family is not an important thing. It's everything." — Michael J. Fox
29. "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." — Mother Teresa
30. “Caregiving leaves its mark on us. No matter what we do to prepare ourselves, the hole left behind looms large.” — Dale L. Baker
31. "No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?" ― Lee Iacocca
32. "Doctors diagnose, nurses heal, and caregivers make sense of it all." — Brett H. Lewis
33. “During the 24/7 grind of being a carer, it's all too easy to forget the fact that the person you're doing so much for is, and is obliged to be, more resourceful than you in many respects.” ― Naoki Higashida
34. “A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything.” — Irish proverb
35. “Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know possible.” ― Tia Walker
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36. “Offering care means being a companion, not a superior. It doesn’t matter whether the person we are caring for is experiencing cancer, the flu, dementia, or grief. If you are a doctor or surgeon, your expertise and knowledge comes from a superior position. But when our role is to be providers of care, we should be there as equals.” ― Judy Cornish
37. “Kindness can transform someone's dark moment with a blaze of light. You'll never know how much your caring matters. Make a difference for another today.” ― Amy Leigh Mercree
38. "What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
39. “You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live.” — Joan Baez
40. "When you are a caregiver, you know that every day you will touch a life or a life will touch yours." — Unknown
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41. “Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.” — Emory Austin
42. “Put one foot in front of the other, no matter what." — Eleanor Brown
43. “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only robs today of its joy.” — Leo Buscagli
44. "Don't judge people. You never know what kind of battle they are fighting."
45. “The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.” ― Carson McCullers
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46. “Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear.”
47. "We're all just walking each other home." — Ram Dass
48. "Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness." ― Harold Kushner
49. "It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do." — Jane Austen
50. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” — Leo Buscaglia
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51. “The day the roles reverse is foreign. It’s a clumsy dance of love and responsibility, not wanting to cross any lines of respect. It’s honoring this person who gave their life to you—not to mention literally gave you life—and taking their fragile body in your hands like a newborn, tending to their every need.” ― Lisa Goich-Andreadis
52. "Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" — Mary Anne Radmacher
53. "The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, and your concern." — Joel Osteen
54. "If there's one thing I've learned in my years on this planet, it's that the happiest and most fulfilled people are those who devoted themselves to something bigger and more profound than merely their own self-interest." — John Glenn
55. "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." — Mahatma Gandhi
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