Quotes About Dependence

As for myself, however, today is the day, and I dare not wait for some slow cultural drift finally to pave the way that I might easily float into some nebulous social salvation. I cannot depend on 'them' 'out there' to order into coherency this small sphere of my only present now.

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

disabilities. In colonial America, the settlement of a vast new rural society meant that early colonists put a premium on physical stamina. The early colonies tried to prevent the immigration of those who could not support themselves and would have to rely on state help. People with physical or mental disabilities who were potentially dependent could be deported, forced to return to England.

My Clan is hungry. Our kits cry because their mothers have no milk. The elders are dying for lack of decent prey.

Sometimes, you can't even depend on your Clanmates," Tigerstar assured him solemnly. "You can only count on your kin.

Thanks for catching me!" she purred. "I'd have looked dumber than a sheep if I'd landed on my muzzle!" "I'll always be here to catch you," Bumblestripe murmured.

Being injured isn't bad, he reflected. It's kind of a relief to have to let some other cat take care of me.

You know you've totally screwed up your life when your whole world turns to shit and the only person you have to talk to is your system agent software.

Why bother looking up the solution online? Why try to figure the problem out on your own when you could have someone else do your thinking for you?

You know you've totally screwed up your life when your whole world turns to shit and the only person you have to talk to is your system agent software!

A plant on the edge of a desert is said to struggle for life against the drought, though more properly it should be said to be dependent on the moisture

The idea of a God we infer from our experimental dependence on something superior to ourselves in wisdom, power and goodness, which we call God; our senses discover to us the works of God which we call nature, and which is a manifest demonstration of his invisible essence. Thus it is from the works of nature that we deduce the knowledge of a God, and not because we have, or can have any immediate knowledge of, or revelation from him.

Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show.

A man's ability to depend on his comrades and immediate leadership is absolutely necessary.

I'm bankrupt without love.

We do not become less needy, less dependent when we pray; we become more needy, more dependent, which is to say, more human.

Money and machines anesthetize neediness. They put us in charge, in control. As long as the money holds out and the machines are in good repair, we don't need to pray.

30.7-9] And then he prayed, "God, I'm asking for two things before I die; don't refuse me—Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little. If I'm too full, I might get independent, saying, 'God? Who needs him?' If I'm poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God.

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

A trust—in the sense of a valuable asset placed in the care of someone to whom it does not ultimately belong—captures, more or less, my understanding of what it is to have a child.

Consider relationships of dependence,' my sister suggests. 'You don't own your body- that's not what we are, our bodies aren't independent. The health of our bodies always depends on choices other people are making.' She falters for a moment here, and is at a loss for words, which is rare for her. 'I don't even know how to talk about this,' she says. 'The point is there's an illusion of independence.

I'm afraid something will happen to my hands," he says, "I need my hands.

Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax.

Because we were twins, we clung to each other. Because we were sisters, we depended on each other. Because we were family, we did not let go.