“The denial of assistance is sometimes the greatest assistance. The trick is recognizing when this is the case.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Great literature will insist upon its self-sufficiency in the face of the worthiest causes” — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“It is important to know when to tune out of people, and when to tune into yourself.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Sometimes God has to remind you that you're weak so that you can be set free from your "self-sufficiency." — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
There's something about cats' self-sufficiency and their seemingly individualistic ways that I find compelling. — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
“master the tools of keeping healthy and building the platform of self-sufficiency that is necessary to choose yourself.” — James Altucher Copy Share Image
Annual earnings in the fast-food industry are well below the income needed for self-sufficiency, and fast-food industry jobs are also much less… — David Rolf 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
America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as… — Alison Lurie 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
That which of all things unfits man for the reception of Christ as a Saviour, is not gross profligacy and outward, vehement… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The dangers of apparent self-sufficiency explain why Our Lord regards the vices of the feckless and dissipated so much more leniently than… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Self-sufficiency is vitally important to my self-respect. I never wanted to rely on my parents in that way, because I knew that… — Eliot Sumner Copy Share Image
In the early nineteenth century, the doctrine of self-sufficiency came to apply to families as well as individuals… The familybecame a special… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
“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… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Encouraging self-sufficiency must be a bedrock for our immigration policy, with the goal of reducing poverty, strengthening the family, and promoting our… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
“No soul ever fell away from God without giving up prayer. Prayer is that which establishes contact with Divine Power and opens… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“Lincoln himself once said, “The worst things you can do for those you love are the things they could and should do… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Nuclear power generation has been given a thrust by the use of uranium-based fuel which US is set to supply to India… — Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
In its flawless grace and superior self-sufficiency I have seen a symbol of the perfect beauty and bland impersonality of the universe… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Nationalism has two fatal charms for its devotees: It presupposes local self-sufficiency, which is a pleasant and desirable condition, and it suggests,… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“Because to be so simplistic is not enough. Until and unless our people have learned the rudiments of the basic foundations or… — Luis Taruc Copy Share Image
“How does our self-sufficiency ruin safety? Primarily by preventing us from experiencing our impoverishment. People who “have it together” are not hungry,… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Until relatively recently, mass political movements were still about basic rights of food, shelter, education and self sufficiency. The reasons fewer people… — John Diamond Copy Share Image
“So, today, I will not make promises to do better, to live healthier, or to save money. These are natural and valid… — Major Jackson Copy Share Image
“Freedom is the possibility of isolation. You are free if you can withdraw from people, not having to seek them out for… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their… — Kenneth Bacon Copy Share Image
I think it takes an amazing amount of energy to convince oneself that the Forever Person isn't just around the corner. In… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimately… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
“Scavenge not for fruits where you planted no trees. Dig not for gold where you buried no treasures.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Kövecses radiated the sense of self-sufficiency that comes about when there are lots of children in a big house.” — Edmund de Waal Copy Share Image
Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
If you ain't got socks, you ain't got much. But if you got 'em, you might as well pull 'em up. It's… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of… — William Nicholson 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
The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century ... has taken place via globalization. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
