All Quotes By Tag: Self-sufficiency

“To combat the sin of self-sufficiency, we need a special kind of faith. It’s what I call Starbucks Rest Room Faith. Almost every Starbucks store has a sensor that controls the light in the rest room. You can’t just flip a switch, and you can’t make it go on by just waving your arm inside the door. You have to put your whole body into that dark room and trust that the light will come on as you enter. Faith in God is a lot like that. He doesn’t offer a safety net, He doesn’t let us hedge our bets, and He doesn’t give any guaranteed results ahead of time. We have to be all in before the light comes on.”

Card image cap - Cynthia Ulrich Tobias,
Tag: all-in, christianity, encouraging, faith, light, rest-room, self-sufficiency, starbucks,

“At root, I am happy with myself. I do not mind being alone.”

Card image cap - Frank Herbert,
Tag: alone, happiness, reflection, self-sufficiency, solitude,

“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.”

Card image cap - Saul Bellow,
Tag: books, happiness, life, reading, self-sufficiency,

“I don’t want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything.”

Card image cap - P.D. James,
Tag: happiness, love, protection, responsibility, self-sufficiency, solitude,

“Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of God, you do not seek Him. If you do not seek Him, you will not find Him.”

Card image cap - William Nicholson,
Tag: c-s-lewis, god, salvation, self-sufficiency,

“Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it’s not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and places you visit, full of books and films you’ve been to. I’m not afraid of being homesick and having no language to live in. I don’t have to be like anyone else. I’m walking on the wall and nobody can stop me.”

Card image cap - Hugo Hamilton,
Tag: anchoring, attachment, belonging, country, empowerment, home, homelessness, independence, individuality, inspirational, nationality, roots, self-assurance, self-awareness, self-containment, self-determination, self-esteem, self-reliance, self-respect, self-sufficiency, self-trust,

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”

Card image cap - Michel de Montaigne,
Tag: ataraxy, independence, individuality, inspirational, self-assurance, self-awareness, self-containment, self-determination, self-esteem, self-reliance, self-respect, self-sufficiency, self-trust, solitude,

“It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.”

Card image cap - Coco Chanel
Tag: autonomy, bachelorhood, empowerment, freedom, independence, individuality, love, marriage, matrimony, men, self-determination, self-sufficiency, singles, strength, women,