Quotes About Reliance

Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God.

Powerful to alleviate, to delay, to camouflage, though money is, in the end it lets us down.

I don't care," Clary said. "He'd do it for me. Tell me he wouldn't. If I were missing-" "He'd burn the whole world down till he could dig you out of the ashes. I know," Alec said.

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.

Prophecy is like a half-trained mule," he complained to Jorah Mormont. "It looks as though it might be useful, but the moment you trust in it, it kicks you in the head.

To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.

American power made it possible for Europeans to believe that power was no longer important." -Robert Kagan

It is one of the most mysterious penalties of men that they should be forced to confide the most precious of their possessions to things so unstable and ever changing, alas, as words .

There's never a reason to trust someone. If there's a reason, then it's not trust.

I never believe facts; Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.

I follow my heart, for I can trust it.

I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't.

Oh, don't tell me of facts - I never believe in facts; you know Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.

No matter what, Dad was always there with solid words of advice . . . "Go ask your mother."

The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people.

The people are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

A day without prayer is a boast against God.

Our groanings, which cannot be uttered, rise to Him and tell Him better than words how dependent we are upon Him.

Our prayer life will become restful when it really dawns upon us that we have done all we are supposed to do when we have spoken to Him about it. From the moment we have left it with Him, it is His responsi-bility.

Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin.

You are all you will ever have for certain.

Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry!

To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together-humble dependence and manly independence; humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.