A caregiver is someone who provides essential social or physical support to those needing care.
They are seen as God’s representatives driven by a commitment to selflessly serve others.
Caring for others is considered the highest form of human emotion lifting us beyond our normal lives.
While rewarding caregiving can be demanding often needing inspiration during tough times. Thus we’ve selected 95 quotes to motivate caregivers.
Inspirational Quotes for Caregivers
Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear. ~ Proverb.
Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. ~ Jim Rohn.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles. ~ Robert H. Schuller
Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children. ~ Gordon Neufeld.
Caregivers attract caregivers and live in a community of love. They are energized by their caring, fulfilled, and they love life. ~ Cary Zukav.
When humor goes, there goes civilization. ~ Erma Bombeck.
It’s not selfish to love yourself, and to make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary. ~ Mandy Hale.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
The simple act of caring is heroic. ~ Edward Albert.
Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves. ~ Mason Cooley.
Sometimes asking for help is the most meaningful example of self-reliance. ~ Proverb.
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower.
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. ~ G. K. Chesterton.
The simple act of caring is heroic. ~ Edward Albert.
It is not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it. ~ Lena Horne
Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. ~ Anthony J. D’Angelo
Doctors diagnose, nurses heal, and caregivers make sense of it all. ~ Brett H. Lewis
Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. ~ Margaret Mead
My caregiver mantra is to remember: The only control you have is over the changes you choose to make. ~ Nancy L. Kriseman.
Inspirational Caregiver Quotes
One person caring about another represents life’s greatest value. ~ Jim Rohn
Family is not an important thing. It’s everything. ~ Michael J. Fox
There were moments when it hurt so bad you couldn’t breathe, yet somehow you survived the pain. There were days when you could barely put one foot in front of the other, yet somehow you arrived at your destination. There were nights when you cried yourself to sleep, yet somehow you held on until the morning. Your life is nothing less than a miracle.~ Eleanor Brownn.
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. ~ Lord Byron.
Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world.
A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better. ~ Barbara Walters
Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy. ~ Chogyam Trungpa.
A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything. ~ Irish proverb
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
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. ~ Bill Cosby
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
It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously. ~ Oscar Wilde.
Caregiver Quotes That Will Inspire You
Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know possible. ~ Tia Walker.
You go through your life trying to do the best you can, doing it elegantly, and with grace and dignity. That’s my motto. ~ Maria Shriver.
Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward. ~ Thomas Merton, Trappist monk
My caregiver mantra is to remember: the only control you have is over the changes you choose to make. ~ Nancy L. Kriseman.
When people cared about each other, they always found a way to make it work. ~ Nicholas Sparks
Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward. ~ Thomas Merton.
Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. It’s the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one’s fellow human beings. ~ Maya Angelou
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~ Lao Tzu
Nurturing is not complex. It’s merely being tuned in to the thing or person before you and offering small gestures toward what it needs at that time. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. ~ Margaret Mead.
Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. ~ Emory Austin.
A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything. ~ Irish proverb.
God gave burdens; he also gave shoulders. ~ Yiddish Proverb
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
Sometimes asking for help is the most meaningful example of self-reliance. ~ Cory Booker
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
We rise by lifting others. ~ Robert Ingersoll
From caring comes courage. ~ Lao Tzu
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
Relationships based on obligation lack dignity. ~ Wayne Dyer
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~ Dalai Lama
Nurturing is not complex. It’s merely being tuned in to the thing or person before you and offering small gestures toward what it needs at that time. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher.
I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. ~ Frank A. Clark
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.
Encouraging Quotes for Caregivers
Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t. ~ Rikki Rogers.
Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it. ~ Robert H. Schuller
Whatever your strength is, that’s okay. Be patient at the beginning to figure out what your role will be. Don’t be afraid. Empower yourself with information, and that information will give you the strength that you need. ~ Patrick Dempsey.
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
You have two hands. One to help yourself, and one to help others. ~ Audrey Hepburn
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
Most of us are pretty good at keeping promises to others and pretty bad at keeping promises to ourselves. ~ Lawrence LeShan.
Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow. ~ Les Brown
It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing. ~ Mother Teresa
Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves. ~ Mason Cooley.
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness. ~ Rollo May
If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude. ~ Amy Tan.
It is not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it. ~ Lena Horne, singer
There is nothing like a gleam of humor to reassure you that a fellow human being is ticking inside a strange face. ~ Eva Hoffman
The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else. ~ Carson McCullers, The Square Root of Wonderful
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one. ~ Chinese Proverb.
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only robs today of its joy. ~ Leo Buscaglia.
He who laughs, lasts. ~ Mary Pettibone Poole
Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are. ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon.
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.
Uplifting and Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers
To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors. ~ Tia Walker
Caregiving leaves its mark on us. No matter what we do to prepare ourselves, the hole left behind looms large. ~ Dale L. Baker
A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing. ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. ~ Bruce Lee.
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Carl W. Buechner.
The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else. ~ Carson McCullers.
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.
Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. ~ Margaret Mead, anthropologist
Intuition is a wonderful gift but it can be both a blessing and a curse. If you can easily tune in to the grief of another, it is very easy to lose your way if you have not yet resolved your own present or past trauma and grief. If you have not healed from your own grief and you turn around and give all you have to give, you will find yourself drowning. Soon there will be nothing left of you. ~ Kate McGahan
Caregiving is a constant learning experience. ~ Vivian Frazier
Best Caregiver Quotes and Sayings
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
The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern. ~ Joel Osteen.
You really can change the world if you care enough. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. ~ Denis Waitley, author
Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness. ~ Harold Kushner, Rabbi
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. ~ Saint Teresa.
Embracing a healing presence requires you to just be in the moment together. ~ Nancy L. Kriseman.
