Quotes About Reliance

There's nothing to talk about to strangers anymore, if you know what I mean. Everything I want to say, I say to her.

God doesn't want your crises-mode promises.

I have three living children for whom this is a father who I want them to love and on whom they're going to have to rely if my disease takes a bad turn.

I still don't know how to drive. I don't go anywhere, really. My brother drives me. I walk around my neighborhood but I don't go anywhere, nor do I want to.

Thy shalt not worship thy investment advisor, for if she were so smart she would be retired by now.

but by and large ITS proved that the best security was no security at all.

There is nothing so unsure as the plans we make that rely on the sensible behavior of another human being.

Finnigin, consider this essential truth: I am your life.

I think trust is a priceless commodity.

The man's words somehow unflexed him in time and space. He felt momentarily unreal, as if his very existence depended on the next words this stranger would utter. He had to make a noise, take some action, to dispell the terrifying sensation.

God can be trusted to give us what we need when we need it. He does not guarantee to meet our wants. He meets our needs! He does not promise a stocked fridge—just today's food. Daily we learn to trust and we discover contentment. Sadly, if, like the Israelites, we don't listen, our manna may turn to maggots (16:20).

Trust, which is a virtue, is also a habit, like prayer. It requires exercise.

I was always listening to music on headphones or working on something on my computer. I realised it wasn't healthy to be so reliant on creating stuff. I needed to be more sociable.

The thought that so many people get their news from social media really is scary.

With the growing reliance on social media, we no longer search for news, or the products and services we wish to buy. Instead they are being pushed to us by friends, acquaintances and business colleagues.

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.

If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

That's why my relationship to the Lord is so important. He doesn't leave you hanging. He lets you know. He gives you answers. Solid answers.

Too often today, we do not rely on faith so much as on our own ability to reason and solve problems.

As journalists we are sceptical by nature, but there are some things you take on trust.

If you're going to have someone defend you, it doesn't get any better than Kristen Stewart.

...we've let go of so many things, but never each other's hand ...