Quotes About Reliance

Then I started really studying what the Scriptures say, and God showed me that it wasn't my job to do the heavy lifting. No. That was something that only He could do. It was my job to seek Him, to trust Him, and to stand on His Word.

It is time we stop believing in the GOD WENTRUST, andnstart believing in the God that trust us.

I trust my wife more than I trust myself.

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Thankfully, I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I can trust and depend on.

easier to assume that people have it out for you than to be disappointed when they don't come through.

Only the good Lord knows what's going to happen, and He ain't telling.

Trust. Such an easy word. Such an impossible quality.

Elaine said I could stop worrying about how my work was going to turn out.

You have to work [...] and rely to a certain degree on the limitation of things, often really good things are happening. Even if you had another possibility it wouldn't be better, but nonetheless you experience this limitation as a barrier. But I always think that any limitation makes your life easier.

Trust the tale, not the teller.

I don't think there is anyone who needs God's help and grace as much as I do. Sometimes I feel so helpless and weak. I think that is why God uses me. Because I cannot depend on my own strength, I rely on Him twenty-four hours a day. If the day had even more hours, then I would need His help and grace during those hours as well.1 —MOTHER TERESA

I've always said that you were too smart to have a profession. Smart people are hopeless in the face of anything actual. They are terrible cooks. They cannot dress themselves. They are children who need guidance and protecting.

High spirits and a good time need trust, that's what they're built upon.

I know now that I'm not trusting anyone or anything any more. And that it is hard to live for long periods without trusting anyone or anything. It's like living without sleep; eventually it will kill you.

I know now that it is hard to live for long periods without trusting anyone or anything. It's like living without sleep; eventually it will kill you.

While still a schoolmaster he bought two Siamese cats – a breed renowned for its independence – and tried to 'train them to place no reliance or affection upon anybody but themselves'. It was what he had been trying to do himself for years. 'In vain,' he concluded, with disgust. 'Far from wandering free and independent . . . they sleep all day in the sitting room, in the intervals of mewing at me for more food.

Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me.

Impuissance, puissance des autres»

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.

No man ever quite believes in any other man.

She can break your fall Or let you fall and break And every time you jump You just know she's going to catch you

There's no such thing as friendship. You just get what you need when you need it as fast as you can. The only reason that people give is so they can take later on.