33 Inspirational Quotes for Caregivers

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, caregiving is tough stuff, but it is also one of the most rewarding things you’ll ever do. Just think it’s the ultimate gift. You have the honor of caring for someone who likely transformed your life and helped mold you into the person you are today in one way or another. If fact, they are still molding you right now as you care for them. Through caregiver, you’ve endured things you never thought possible and accomplished things that still amaze even you. You should be proud. It’s not often that you have the opportunity to repay a debt so large. So when you think about it, it truly is a gift.

However, no matter how rewarding it may be, some days you just need a little encouragement, some inspiration. Your reserves are empty and you need a refill. Because caregiver burnout is REAL. So, I’ve composed a list of inspirational caregiver quotes to encourage you today.

33 Inspirational Quotes for Caregivers

1 “The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.” Carson McCullers

2. “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

3. “Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know possible.” Tia Walker

4. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” Michael J. Fox

5. “I sustain myself with the love of family.” Maya Angelou

6. “So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty.” Haniel Long

7. “When all the dust is settled and all the crowds are gone, the things that matter are faith, family, and friends.” Barbara Bush

8. “Family is the most important thing in the world.” Princess Diana

9. “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only robs today of its joy.” Leo Buscaglia

10. “Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude.”— Martin Luther King Jr.

11. “When caregiving, know that there are limits to what anyone can do.” Tsu K

12. “Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” Bil Kean

13. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how to react to it.” Charles R. Swindoll

14. “It is not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.” Lena Horne

15. “I have found the paradox that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” Mother Teresa

16. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Nelson Mandela

17. “Family isn’t defined only by last names or by blood; it’s defined by commitment and by love.” Dave Willis

18. “From caring comes courage.” Lao Tzu

19. “Sometimes asking for help is the most meaningful example of self-reliance.” Unknown

20. “To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.” Tia Walker

21. “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

22. “It’s not how much you do, but how much love you put into the doing.” Mother Theresa

23. “God gave burdens; he also gave shoulders.” Yiddish Proverb

24. “One person caring about another represents life’s greatest value.” Jim Rohn

25. “It is so important, as a caregiver, not to become so enmeshed in your role that you lose yourself.” Dana Reeve

26. “Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.” Emory Austin

27. “God has enough grace to solve every dilemma you face, wipe every tear you cry, and answer every question you ask.” Max Lucado

28. “What God brings you to, God takes you through.” Rev. Sharon Connors

29. “Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.” Deborah Day

30. “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

31. “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” Margaret Mead

32. “Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.” Rollo May

33. “Among the greatest rewards is the recurring evidence of the power of prayer and the affirmation that when God chooses you for an assignment, He will absolutely equip you to carry it out in accordance with His will.” Anonymous

I hope these inspirational quotes helped refill you today. To keep up with this post, be sure to pin it to your board.

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Be Blessed,