Quotes About Reliance

I know I can rely on the kindness of folk along the way. The ones that don't try to rob me will feed me. That how it is in America.

The public is often accused of being disconnected from its military, but frankly it's disconnected from just about everything. Farming, mineral extraction, gas and oil production, bulk cargo transport, logging, fishing, infrastructure construction—all the industries that keep the nation going are mostly unacknowledged by the people who depend on them most.

And that, Pavel, is why you shouldn't use magic for every tiny little thing. Where you can put your trust in science, that's what you should do.

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People don't believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.

The Kugels, Kugel hated to admit, might just have to, in the event of genocide, rely on the kindness of strangers. Mother used to say: I can name six million people who relied on the kindness of strangers.

That's the beautiful mystery: we have a God who chooses to need us. We have a God who doesn't want to change the world without us. We have a God who longs to cooperate with us, to allow us to fail and flounder and who promises to make up for our shortcomings, but nonetheless wants us.

Nowadays, [the ruler] relies on many officials and numerous clerks; to monitor them he establishes assistants and supervisors. Assistants are installed and supervisors are established to prohibit [officials] from pursuing [personal] profit; yet assistants and supervisors also seek profit, so how they will able to prohibit each other?

I'm just afraid if I get used to leaning on you and you decide to walk away, I'll... fall over.

Perhaps the One knows that if I travel without anything else to rely on, I'll learn to rely more deeply on Him. (Susan Mitchell in THE DELIVERER)

he was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust.

He leaned upon her as if there was no other support anywhere in the world, and she held him as if she would undertake no other task for all eternity.

God wants interdependence from us, not self-reliance . He puts us in a place of risk-taking so that we will connect to— and stay connected to—Him.

The leverage we gained by relying on America's sense of fallenness came at the price of taking on, and then living with, an identity of grievance and entitlement.

and Tommy. Not to my teachers. Not to Mom. And certainly not to Dad. My biggest

This is making me crazy. I hate relying on other people to save me, I hate being clingy, I hate it, and every time you show up, I lean on you. - Matilda Scarlet Veronica Betty Vilma Goodnight

Every time you sort of let go of the bar, you knew someone was there to catch you, and vice versa. And, I mean, come on. It's Method Man. It's been a dream to meet him forever.

It is foolish to reply on people who can betray and fail you in time of trouble. Only God is our reliable help and protection

Never rely upon a time machine to fix your problems, as everyone knows, they're much too faulty.

In football, I don't have a lot of friends. The people who I really trust, there are not many... Most of the time, I'm alone.

I'm learning to trust other people to do things. My time is limited, and I'd rather be spending it with my kids.

I'm not a Christian because I'm strong and have it all together. I'm a Christian because I'm weak and admit I need a Savior.

Be acted upon rather than active. In this way, God will do through you alone what all men put together could not do without Him.

Do not desert me when I need you most. And if we can't go on together, let's retrace our steps as quickly as we can.