Quotes About Dependence

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

Who owns a man, Durnik?" the blond young man asked sadly. "The one who rules him, or the one who pays him?

All men are in need of help and depend on one another. Human solidarity is the necessary condition for the unfolding of any one individual.

The dog has made man their God, if the dog was an atheist, it would be perfect.

He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.

The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call him what I will.

Men are perfectly willing to abandon a woman but they refuse to be abandoned by her.

Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.

God will not go forth with that man who marches in his own strength

Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.

Description of man: dependence, longing for independence, need.

Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life without feeling his utter dependence on supernatural powers.

I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.

To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty.

Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Your ability to experience the great bliss that comes from recognition of your true nature depends on nothing but practice.

souls without prayer are like people whose bodies or limbs are paralysed: they possess feet and hands but they cannot control them.

la verdadera humildad está mucho en estar muy prontos en contentarse con lo que el Señor quisiere hacer de ellos, y siempre hallarse indignos de llamarse sus siervos.

The trouble with the scientific approach, thought the Brigadier, was that it left you at the mercy of your scientists.

As if I were a dog, to follow at your heels.

To some, the cigarette is a portable therapist.

In the world's eyes I could lose everything, so I gave everything to God.

Intercession I once heard intercession defined as "rebellion against the status quo." To pray for your group members and to reserve meeting time for them to pray for one another acknowledges dependence on the Holy Spirit. It