Quotes About Sufficiency

how much I have to give, and it's got to be enough, damn it.

No matter where we are today or what mistakes we've made in the past, He has given us everything we need to glorify Him right now.

a man who has a head and hands is seldom left long in a state of destitution.

Put God to the test when troubles come. He won't let you down. In the midst of a painful illness, Paul begged God to intervene and take it away. But God replied, "My grace is sufficient for you" (2 Corinthians 12:9). It was sufficient for Paul, and it will be for you.

Remember that "where God guides, He provides. Where He leads, He supplies all needs.

When you pick up the cross of unpopularity, wherever you may be, you will find God's grace is there, more than sufficient to meet your every need.

I don't know if I can live on my income or not — the government won't let me try it.

The use we make of our fortune determines its sufficiency. A little is enough if used wisely, and too much if expended foolishly.

If you did not want so much, there was plenty.

From the point of view of morality, it is not important that everyone should have the same. What is morally important is that each should have enough.

From the point of view of morality, it is not important everyone should have the same. What is morally important is that each should have enough.

from a moral point of view, economic equality does not really matter very much, and our moral and political concepts may be better focused on ensuring that people have enough.

The doctrines of egalitarianism and of sufficiency are logically independent: considerations that support the one cannot be presumed to provide support also for the other.

Age of rationing ended some time ago and is now space rather than possessions which is in short supply.

Truth is, I think, if God just gave us our daily bread, many of us would be angry. 'That's all you're going to give me? You're just going to give me enough to sustain me for today? What about tomorrow or next year or 10, 20, 30 years from now? I want to know that I'm set up.' And yet Jesus says just pray for your daily provisions.

It's hard to have any idea of how much money is enough to finance an appropriate lifestyle in retirement. But if a lump sum is translated into a monthly income, it's much easier to determine whether you have enough put away to afford to stop working.

Those who know that they have enough are wealthy.

The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

Our love, too, proceeding from ourselves and returning to us, would suffice to make our life blessed, and would stand in need of no extraneous enjoyment.

It's enough.

Charlotte had enough money -- had always had enough money -- that she didn't have to worry about her behavior.

The truth is, until you know any different, the island is enough. Actually, I know different. And it's still enough.

Many of us use God's love like the manna in the desert. We take what we need for particular situations and then go our own way - thinking we can handle other situations ourselves.

God doesn't give us just enough. God gives us more than enough: more bread and fish than we can eat, more love than we dared to ask for.