Quotes About Sufficiency

He who has many material things, may be described as rich, but he who knows he has enough, and is at one with the Tao,

earned enough to keep from going hungry, which was more than a lot of my neighbors could say.

30.7-9] And then he prayed, "God, I'm asking for two things before I die; don't refuse me—Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little. If I'm too full, I might get independent, saying, 'God? Who needs him?' If I'm poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God.

All I ever wanted to do was be able to pay my rent.

As long as you have your own apartment and you can pretty much make rent for the next year, you're golden!

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation will you prefer the grain to the vote?

Like manna that fell for the Israelites, His grace falls, enough for today and then again for tomorrow.

2 Corinthians 12:9—"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

The family was still hard-pressed for money, and dreamed of savory treats to eat, but they had the warmth of one another, and enough on which to live, and in most parts of the world that is called plenty.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.

Other folks bread is the most virulent form of poison that a free and independent man can take; other folk's bread is the only thing that can rob him of independence and the one true freedom.

I was born in Saratoga, Texas, a little town there in the Big Thicket about 60 miles north of Beaumont. Needless to say, we were very, very poor, but we always managed to have enough to keep our bellies full.

Any two meals at a boarding-house are together less than two square meals.

World will suffice for me in the future.

There's no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us.

Abundance is mine. I cannot be deprived of my supply. The trees do not lack for leaves, nor do the flowers fail to bloom.

God never calls His people to accomplish anything without promising to supply their every need.

The truth is, you don't need the Lord to do anything for you. He's already done His part. You've already got it, whatever "it" is.

The Holy and Inspired Scriptures are sufficient of themselves for the preaching of the Truth.

... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for truth.'

If I have enough money to eat I'm good.

Es ist hell. Es ist Nacht. Es braucht nicht viel. Ich brauche nichts mehr. Die Dinge quellen aus der Tonne, obszön sieht das aus, all die unnützen Sachen, Gier im Kleinen, so fängt das Elend an, mehr zu wollen, als man brauchen kann.

The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.