Quotes About Dependence

The queen was a dependent of the king, not his partner. She was a consort

She had been forced to borrow beds, which was humiliating.

Within a fortnight of her arrival, Mary knew that her whole future lay in Cecil's hands.

He wanted to take Homer Wells in his arms, and hug him, and kiss him, but he could only hope that Homer understood how much Dr. Larch's self-esteem was dependent on his self-control.

What bothered Ruth was that she needed to be with Rooie again -- just to see, as in a story, what would happen next. That meant Rooie was in charge.

There is a comfort in throwing oneself on the charity of ones friends — 't is like the albatross sleeping on its wings.

Yes, he had practically saved my life. He had also practically lost it for me.

When Jesus says you must leave your family to follow Him, he doesn't necessarily mean physically. He means leave your dependence on them, make an emotional break with them.

We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.

The more helpless you are, the better you are fitted to pray, and the more answers to prayer you will experience.

I cannot dance, O Lord, unless You lead me.

Too often we attempt to work for God to the limit of our incompetency, rather than to the limit of God's omnipotency.

If it were left to us, we would all fall away from the faith and perish.

You cannot be too active as regards your own efforts; you cannot be too dependent as regards Divine grace. Do every thing as if God did nothing; depend upon God as if He did everything.

When we are in a situation where Jesus is all we have, we soon discover He is all we really need.

Faith refers to Christ. Holiness depends on faith. Heaven depends on holiness.

It is easier for me to have faith in the Bible than to have faith in D.L. Moody, for Moody has failed me lots of times.

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.

I have more faith in my bra than I have in my accountant.

Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one of the finest qualities a person can possess.

Henceforth we are dead to everything pertaining to ourselves and alive to His Spirit alone. This requires our exercising faith.

My faith kind of keeps me in touch with the idea that I'm not in control of things.

Faith is kind of like jumping out of an airplane at ten thousand feet. If God doesn't catch you you splatter. But how do you know whether or not He is going to catch you unless you jump out?

Sometimes you can love someone more than you love yourself, you allow that person to consume your whole heart, and when they leave you, it feels like they took a piece of your heart with them.