The composer does not want the self-sufficiency of a richly complex text: he or she wants to feel that the text is… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by… — Cody Lundin Copy Share Image
The experience of love and the experience of death destroy the illusion of our self-sufficiency. The two are closely connected, and to… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
I believe in greater self-sufficiency. International sport is tough, no doubt, but there shouldn't be too many crutches. In most cases sports… — Glenn Turner Copy Share Image
She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that… — Sharon Maas Copy Share Image
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. Without interrelation with… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Change from the inside out involves a steadfast gaze upon our Lord that's life changing because it reflects a deep turning from… — Larry Crabb Copy Share Image
Part of the power of Emerson's individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that individualism does not mean isolation or self-sufficiency. This… — Robert D. Richardson Copy Share Image
“The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
Before the code, women on screen took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, held… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
“The flat is small, with only a sliver of ocean view from the bedroom window, but I pay for it myself—not from… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
The new goddess contingency could not be erected until the God of heaven was utterly despoiled of his dominion over the sons… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“The store customer, who comes home with a package under his arm has learned nothing, except that a ten dollar bill is… — Helen Nearing Copy Share Image
When we speak of being vulnerable, it suggests being especially vulnerable to pain. People for whom personal dignity and self-sufficiency are everything,… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
A person who makes full use of and exploits his talents, potentialities, and capacities. Such a person seems to be fulfilling himself… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
A very real barrier to faith is this feeling of self-sufficiency, this unrealistic idea that one can accomplish everything by his or… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
The first essential responsibility of the state is control of the market-place: there must be some official charged with the duty of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
America has remained highly engaged in global affairs throughout decades of growing energy dependency, so it's hard to imagine it would disengage… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
Women want everything of a lover. And too often I would sink below the surface. So armies disappear under sand. And there… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
“At thirty-nine, I learned how to change a tyre, how to shovel snow, how to stack wood. I learned how to meet… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Singleness would be recognized as a vital stage of the journey to maturation, a time to learn about who we are, to… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
“The denial of assistance is sometimes the greatest assistance. The trick is recognizing when this is the case.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The golden fleece of self-sufficiency guards against cudgel- blows but not against pin-pricks. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There's something about cats' self-sufficiency and their seemingly individualistic ways that I find compelling. — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“English: "Who pursues self-sufficiency, they becomes a world's disciple." Česky: „Kdo se snaží o soběstačnost, stává se žákem světa.” — Sebastián Wortys Copy Share Image
And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know… — Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
Without being conscious of it, she looks for a situation in which she can give up her façade of self-sufficiency and ease… — Colette Dowling Copy Share Image
They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever… — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
I am determined to seek self-sufficiency in energy as an urgent national priority. My goal is to make America independent of foreign… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
The original purpose of the welfare state was to lift people into self-sufficiency, not to create a permanent underclass dependent on taxpayers. — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
“Our can-do culture has made many of us believe that we should always be self-sufficient. Somewhere along the way, we also got… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Moments later, I was climbing nervously into the back of the car. The driver wore the archetypal expression of an antagonist. No… — Agnes Chew Copy Share Image
