Quotes About Dependence

But if God invites and expects all his children—regardless of their age, IQ, education, or resources—to do the same thing—to pray—then prayer has to be simple.

When we renounce our fear of life and give up trying to have it under our control—that is, when we acknowledge our contingency and utter dependence on God—then God comes to us and turns us toward Himself.

Model utility depends not on whether its driving scenarios are realistic (since no one can know that for sure), but on whether it responds with a realistic pattern of behavior.

She slid a little until she was sagging against the open doorframe

The reason that extended solitude seemed so hard to endure was not that we missed others but that we began to wonder if we ourselves were present, because for so long our existence depended upon assurances from them.

My secret is that I need God—that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love.

The more irreplaceable and important a person was in one's life, he supposed, the more vulnerable and afraid one became of losing them.

Make your utopia too utopian and boredom would set in. And malaise. Some would continue to work hard and challenge themselves at every turn—even if all of their physical and financial needs were taken care of. But many more would fall into the trap of being lulled into a low energy state of endless leisure—and little true happiness. A state of dependence without any real sense of progress, or growth, or accomplishment. A slow poisoning of the soul of the species.

We ought not to think that when men are converted, they each become a little lamp, and if enough of them get converted, they will be able to form a consortium and pool their lamps to try to make a sun. The vision of the coming noontime glory does not depend at all on us trying to get some momentum up. The sun has risen, and it will continue to do what rising suns do.

Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue and we will live happily ever after.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Living for Christ is a day-to-day going on with Him. It is a continuous dependence upon the Spirit of God. It is believing in His faithfulness.

Our whole goal in life is to give you something you didn't know you wanted and then once you get it, you can't imagine your life without it… and you can count on apple doing that.

To be a Christian and to pray are one and the same thing; it is a matter that cannot be left to our caprice. It is a need, a kind of breathing necessary to life.

We begin life with loss. We are cast from the womb without an apartment, a charge plate, a job or a car. We are sucking, sobbing, clinging, helpless babies.

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

To wait on God is to live a life of desire toward Him, delight in Him, dependence on Him, and devotedness to Him.

You want people using your product because it's a part of your life, then they can't stop using it.

I care for my dogs as if my life depended on them. And oftentimes it does.

Well, I always had a chauffer, because I have never driven a car in my life. I still can't drive.

Childlike in faith means the daily acknowledgment of utter dependence and that I owe my life and being to another.

Woman is mistress of the art of completely imbittering the life of the person on whom she depends.

If you want to live the Christian life, you will have to realize that Someone Else has to be in control.

If life were stable, I'd never need God's help.