Quotes About Dependence

Monsieur Octave de Camps, he said, having wasted his means on a certain Madame Firmiani, was now reduced to teaching mathematics for a living, while awaiting his uncle's death, not daring to let him know of his dissipations.

Há, sem dúvida, pessoas que não têm o mesmo aspecto nem o mesmo valor, quando separadas das pessoas, das coisas, dos lugares que lhes servem de moldura.

In the friendship grown old already, one was the worshiper, and that one was David; Lucien ruled him like a woman sure of love, and David loved to give way. He felt that his friend's physical beauty implied a real superiority, which he accepted, looking upon himself as one made of coarser and commoner human clay.

I only needed one person at my side... one was enough... even if the rest of the world turned its back on me.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received. —ALBERT EINSTEIN

To say that all men need the gods therefore is to say, in part at least, that we are the kinds of beings who are at our best when we find ourselves acting in ways that we cannot - and ought not - entirely take credit for.

I'm a reading addict. I can't live without it, like someone who is addicted to drugs.

It was ironic that even in promising to end aid dependence, Pakistan's leaders sought trade on easier terms instead of retooling their economy to expand trade as many other countries have been able to do.

But to be true to God's Word, optimism must always be optimism in God's power combined with a healthy pessimism in our own abilities. God can do all things with or without us; without him, we can do nothing (compare Ps. 127:1–3).

It was great to float on your back in a calm sea and have somebody steer you.

He had to get off the booze. He had to get off the ciggies. They were killing him, yet they were the only things keeping him alive.

The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.

Reto importante para la vanidad de los psicólogos: no se trata de que los pacientes se enamoren y dependan de ellos, sino de que se curen y sean de veras libres.

need you. I've often heard blowhard leaders boast, "My outfit is so good, it could function well without me." Hmm, then why do they need you?

The horses came thundering toward Margaret. "Get down!" Daniel tackled her to the dusty ground. The breath puffed out of her. She struggled to free herself, but his strong body kept her pinned beneath him. She could smell the clean scent of soap underneath the scent of his skin. Never in her life had she felt so helpless and dependent. And protected. The word whispered through her brain with a gentle allure.

None of us is fit to do anything. It's only with the Lord's help we get by.

He and the Gift-giver are the only ones I can truly trust.

My end will come when he is able to live without me.

John Lewis Gaddis had come to visit shortly before the election and over lunch said something that resonated with me. "Never forget how really dependent the world is on America. And they know it.

I fear I am once more in your debt, Mr. Owens," she said, her voice shaking just a bit. "Think nothing of it," Jim said, calmly replacing his pistol in its shoulder holster and leaning back on his bedroll. He no longer got rattled at having to shoot things, climb things, chase things, or dive into things to snatch her back from the precipices she seemed always to be leaning over. It was all in the day's work. "Please. Continue with what you were saying.

De fato, pela experiência acumulada, pelo talento e pela capacidade de inspirar confiança, eles são, em geral, ótimos terapeutas no começo das curas. Mas os tratamentos que dirigem duram para sempre, transformam-se em dependência química.

People tethered to God by faith can let themselves go because they know they will get themselves back.

You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.

It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability, that counts.