Quotes About Reliance

I am not one to rely upon the expert procedure. It is the psychology I seek, not the fingerprint or the cigarette ash.

It was so hard to get an idea of people you had never seen. You had to rely on other people's judgment. ... Other people's impressions were no good to you. They might be just as true as yours but you couldn't act on them. You couldn't, as it were, use another person's angle of attack.

Now, I dare say you modern young people will laugh, but when I am in really bad trouble I always say a little prayer to myself—anywhere, when I am walking along the street, or at a bazaar. And I always get an answer. It may be some trifling thing, apparently quite unconnected with the subject, but there it is. I had that text pinned over my bed when I was a little girl: Ask and you shall receive.

Me and Moosier here have met before—and there's no man's judgment I'd sooner take than his. If I'm not greatly mistaken, he's got something up his sleeve. Isn't that so, moosier?" Poirot smiled. "I have drawn certain conclusions—yes.

the maxim, 'If you want a thing done safely, do not do it yourself!

Most details are insignificant; one or two are vital. It is the brain, the little grey cells"—he tapped his forehead—"on which one must rely. The senses mislead. One must seek the truth within—not without.

not for any consideration! You can be quite sure of that.

'Let God be true but every man a liar' is the language of true faith.

So what does one do if one's refuge is in another person? or in an institution? or in a way of thinking? or in family life? or in a political view? or in anything which is subject to change, to birth and death?

I have faith in the United States and our ability to make good decisions based on the facts.

Funny how that works. Whether everything goes right or nothing goes your way, booze always seems like a good idea.

Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.

For everyone you create to be dependent on you, you are equally dependent on them. Neither relationship is healthy.

This work is, as I said, improvisation, so we use whoever's around, if we can trust them.

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us. —2 CORINTHIANS 1:10

Life has . taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors. She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.

Sooner or later everything boils down to trust. You just have to make that leap of faith.

I have a lot of confidence in myself and Philadelphia has a lot of confidence in me.

Thinking about it, you know, our phones are everything. They're kind of benign.

I always love that phrase, 'Oh, this is a good idea, but it's execution dependent.' As if anything in life is not execution dependent. Breathing is execution-dependent.

Through a huge duration of my life, someone has always picked up after me. And when you're on your own and you're trying to be independent, it's definitely different.

Never cut the hand that feed you, otherwise you are no-good piece of garbage.

I've learned the hard lesson that you can't pin your heart on anything until it's a completely done deal.

When I started buying my mother all these homes, like a second home in Kentucky, where I moved most of my family, they began to rely on my wallet.