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
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 risk for a woman who considers her helpless children her "job" is that the children's growth toward self-sufficiency may be experienced… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
Self-actualizing people are those who have come to a high level of maturation, health and self-fulfillment... the values that self-actualizers appreciate include… — Abraham Maslow 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
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
“we also need to consider letting go of the myth of self-sufficiency. One of the greatest barriers to connection is the cultural… — Brené Brown 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
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 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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
When will we learn, when will the people of the world get up and say, Enough is enough. God created us for… — Desmond Tutu 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
