Quotes About Dependence

The flesh is always self-reliant, while the Spirit creates Christ-reliance. The flesh always trusts in its performance; the Spirit gives confidence in Christ's performance.

A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.

In the first half of the twentieth century, the conservationist Aldo Leopold had already warned of two "spiritual dangers" that come from not owning a farm: "One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.

Still, Marcus was acutely aware that he served at Hadrian's pleasure. In a state ruled absolutely by one man, no matter how enlightened that man might be, every other man was at his mercy.

There is nothing so unsure as the plans we make that rely on the sensible behavior of another human being.

When you have no one in your life who you can call and say, "I'm scared," then your life is unfulfilling. You need somebody you can trust enough to say, "I need help."

A man without human contact is a man without aid, without hope, without life.

Lily, something is happening to me, to my mind. I feel weak and afraid. We are kin, you and Owen and I. You must not turn away from me.

Finnigin, consider this essential truth: I am your life.

The only person who cared about him now was Leeth, and her intensity often irritated him.

You are his creature and you must lure him to me.

He could do nothing but fall into Taziel's waiting arms, needing the reassuring, physical presence of another body.

Shem was an unpredictable creature, he could not be relied on.

It had to come from me. He would say nothing otherwise.

God can be trusted to give us what we need when we need it. He does not guarantee to meet our wants. He meets our needs! He does not promise a stocked fridge—just today's food. Daily we learn to trust and we discover contentment. Sadly, if, like the Israelites, we don't listen, our manna may turn to maggots (16:20).

Do not fall in love with someone when that love is heavily dependent on the goodwill and kindness of your parents.

It is an ironic paradox: being dependent makes us more independent.

Being co-dependent means we consistently put others' needs, wants, and demands before our own—in other words, emotional dependence.

I asked her about my Family Allowance today, she laughed and said she used it for buying gin and cigarettes.

Somebody once asked me how I define sobriety, and my response was 'liberation from dependence.'

Governments are scared of software.

It's possible to let technology absorb what we know and then re-express it in intricate mechanisms - parts and circuit boards and software objects - mechanisms we can use but do not understand in crucial ways. This not-knowing is fine while everything works as we expected.

The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.

A solitary child growing up in Africa, you're really quite dependent on books.