Quotes About Dependency

I cannot tell you how dependent and uncertain I feel, and how exposed to hundreds of chances. All my expectations depend on one person. And how indefinite and uncertain they are!

But the root of all sin is self-sufficiency—independence from the rule of God. When we fail to wait prayerfully for God's guidance and strength, we are saying with our actions, if not with our words, that we do not need him. How much of our service is actually a "going it alone"?

The truth is, has always been, and always will be that we are utterly and hopelessly dependent on each other and on nature. Nor

The length of time it takes to catch on to this relationship depends on us—not God. The more willing we are to confess our inadequacy, the easier it is for us to fully surrender to His will for our lives.

God knows what you need. He knows what is best for you—including in what quantity. The fact is, we can live with very little, but we can never truly live without God. He is what we need first, foremost, and always. He is the only one whom we truly can't do without! The

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.

It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

But it is impossible to go through life without trust; that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

They become so obsessed with their supply that they ignore their friends, their jobs, the needs of their children, and their own health. Addicts are blind to everything but their own needs.

Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century.

Emma smiled thinly. "The pills say wake up, and we wake up. We won't ever fall asleep at the wrong time again. But it's like being an animal in a factory farm, pushed along between the rails, going wherever you want us to go.

Everyone uses everyone, Tee. Way of the world, isn't it?

According to Kant's late work on the Principles of Politics (1793), the irreducible problem of the human species is the following: the human being is an animal and thus, to live peacefully with other animals of its kind, absolutely needs a master.

I loved my mother because I didn't know I had a choice. I had to love her.

Perhaps there is no such thing as unilateral power. After all, the man "in power" depends on receiving information all the time from outside. He responds to that information just as much as he "causes" things to happen...it is an interaction, and not a lineal situation.

Flattery isn't the highest compliment – parasitism is.

She is a woman who needs someone to take care of her, but it isn't going to be me.

to say that man is a social animal is also to say that man never lives in a world completely of his own choosing.

Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.

Nicotine is a fast acting drug with short lived effects, which you can assume by the fact that you need to smoke often.

Vedi, l'amore è come l'ossigeno, se ci manca per troppo tempo finiamo per morirne. Tu in quei pochi mesi mi hai amato talmente tanto che ho avuto una riserva d'amore per anni e anni. Grazia a essa ho potuto affrontare molte cose, ma ormai sento di aver esaurito la scorta, Martin.»

The functions of governments necessarily increase in proportion as the indifference and helplessness of the citizens grow.

Egy halálosan beteg társadalom húsz körömmel kapaszkodik a tulajdon halálos betegségébe. Ha meggyógyítja, beledöglik.

Constancio C. Vigil: "Desdichado del hombre que finca su fortuna en la caída de un árbol".