“The business of procuring the necessities of life has been shifted from the wood lot, the garden, the kitchen and the family… — Helen Nearing Copy Share Image
Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond oneself, a… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Constancy, far from being a virtue, seems often to be the besetting sin of the human race, daughter of laziness and self-sufficiency,… — Freya Stark 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
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
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
“master the tools of keeping healthy and building the platform of self-sufficiency that is necessary to choose yourself.” — James Altucher Copy Share Image
Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Many of us have a tendency to forget the Gracious Hand which has preserved our nation, enriched it, strengthened it. Many of… — Ezra Taft Benson 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
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
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
“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
The myth of self-sufficiency blinds us to the workings of other forces in family life. For families are not now, nor were… — Kenneth Keniston 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
There is so much focus on being self-sufficient, and it makes it very difficult to ask for things. I've been crippled by… — Mary H.K. Choi 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
“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
“Our greatest national resource was once our self-sufficiency. We could forge our own steel, build our own cars, manufacture our own appliances,… — Joseph Befumo 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
“This much is clear to me: insofar as I am capable of feeling such pleasures as I believe Nick felt, I am… — Wendell Berry 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
How much filth there is in the church, even among those who, in the priesthood, should belong entirely to Him. How much… — Pope Benedict XVI 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
The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The entitlement mentality so carefully cultivated by liberal academics, politicians, clergymen, and journalists continues to corrode the self-sufficiency that once defined the… — Mona Charen 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
I have always found that my view of success has been iconoclastic: success to me is not about money or status or… — Anita Roddick 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
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
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 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
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
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
Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our… — Seth Godin 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
Learn to spot and avoid "writer groupies." The writer's self-sufficiency and our love for our work tend to attract insecure people who… — Florence King 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
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
