Quotes About Sufficiency

I want every peasant to have a chicken in his pot on Sundays.

A man who accustoms himself to buy superfluities is often in want of necessities.

What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.

He has enough who is contented with little.

More than enough is too much.

Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.

The use we make of our fortune determines as to its sufficiency. A little is enough if used wisely, and too much is not enough if expended foolishly.

True affluence is not needing anything.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

God gives the milk but not the pail.

If thou wouldst be happy ... have an indifference for more than what is sufficient.

Where there is no waste, there is no want.

I've had all the monstrosity I want.

He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.

The relief that is afforded to mere want, as want, tends to increase that want.

Ya no te amo. —No importa, cariño. Yo tengo amor suficiente por los dos.

Love is always enough.

You will never be enough, Ford. When you are weak, because of Him, you are strong.

When all else is done, God is enough, everything, and always.

Anne couldn't construct a world without pain. But she could trust a big, capable God who would be there, holding her when trouble invaded her world. God's grace was sufficient to hold her in any circumstance. And in this—this reality, this character of God—dwelled the joy of her faith. Joy wasn't a reaction to God's blessings. It was a state of being because of salvation through Jesus Christ.

God is our refuge and our portion. Meaning, we don't have to be enough. He is all we need. We either embrace that or we walk away empty-handed.

god's grace didn't mean life skipped over the hard parts. Grace meant that when life threatened to drown him, in those catastrophic moments, God enclosed him in the pocket of His embrace. Noah had learned that the onlyl way to discover God's sufficient grace was to let the storm buffet, then cling to God, like David said in Psalm 62:5,"I wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him."

Esos ojos verdes se fijan en un punto con tal intensidad que tratas de encontrar lo que ella ve.. perfección, es suficiente para mí.

We know how to be hungry, but not how to be told how to handle what provisions we have. In some ways, District 13 is even more controlling than the Capitol.