Quotes About Dependence

Drunks sagged and leaned like broken pickets on a fence.

The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the world is to reduce our trade deficit.

My wife and I own a cat we call Eureka, after Dorothy's cat in the fourth Oz book. In Eureka's dim mind she must be a kind of polytheist, fed as she is by the two of us, and by neighbors when we take a trip; surrounded on all sides by giant creatures who move about on their hind legs to do things utterly beyond her ken. But we who are her gods have a power of speculation far greater than that of her tiny feline brain.

Life has been reduced to getting food out of cans.

The small are always dependent on the great; they are "small" precisely because they think they are independent. The great thinker is one who can hear what is greatest in the work of other "greats" and who can transform it in an original manner.

In considering what the religions teach, it is essential to remember that the outside world is as a reflection of the soul of man [...] The state of the outer world does not merely correspond to the general state of men's souls; it also in a sense depends on that state, since man himself is the pontiff of the outer world. Thus the corruption of man must necessarily affect the whole.

We are nothing with all our gifts be they ever so great, except God assist us.

For the will is of no more power, and does no more with the Word, if the Spirit to move within be wanting; nor is it of less power, nor does it do less without the Word, if the Spirit be present, seeing that, all depends upon the power and operation of the Holy Spirit.

If what we need isn't available to us, we have to rely on God's promises. If we don't rely on God, we are testing him.

The psalm speaks of both, namely, that one must never under any circumstances trust either in temporal things of any kind or in one's own merits; that is to say, one must trust neither in temporal nor in spiritual goods, but through temporal and spiritual things in God alone.

God the Father has made everything to depend on faith, so that whosoever has it has all things, and he who has it not has nothing.

I don't like being in houses alone.

All his support seemed to have achieved was to allow his wife to become more and more reclusive. He

She already looked dead and Eileen knew that it couldn't be long before she went. But even though she knew it would be a happy release for her mother, the thought of her never being there ever again was terrifying. She depended on her so much, needed her so desperately that even though she knew it was selfish, she prayed her mother pulled through as she had before.

Jesus said, "Shame on the flesh that depends on the soul. 2) Shame on the soul that depends on the flesh.

But I need a ride back to town," Grace called after them. "You're not getting a ride back to town, woman. You're married!" Daniel might as well have been a cougar trapped in this cave with her. She'd have felt no safer. "I'm what?

It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals.

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.

Seven days without love makes one weak.

No Universe can be INDEPENDENT of man and cannot be created outside the man as long as the man knows it!

Man can't do without God. Just like you're thirsty, you have to drink water. You just can't go without God.

At different stages in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at heart the source is always the same. Human beings have the rare capacity to connect with each other, against all odds

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

Love is like handing someone a gun, having them point it at your heart, and trusting them to never pull the trigger.