being self-reliant doesn’t justify becoming selfish

The heresy of an age of reason,’ or some such slovos [words]. ‘I see what is right and approve, but I do what is wrong.

I despise women who rely on men entirely for their own existence.

You may be operating from the belief that you must do everything yourself because no one will ever be there for you. Or you may think that if you never speak up you’ll avoid being...

It may…be judged indecent in me to come forward on this occasion; but when I see a fellow-creature about to perish through the cowardice of her pretended friends, I wish to be allowed to speak,...

Trust is like a two-way mirror, transparent on one side, with a blind dimness unable to see through on the other side.

My books are friends that never fail me.”(Letter to his mother, Margaret A. Carlyle; 17 March 1817)

By the way, Doctor, I shall want your cooperation.”I shall be delighted.”You don’t mind breaking the law?”Not in the least.”Nor running a chance of arrest?”Not in a good cause.”Oh, the cause is excellent!”Then I am...

Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God’s strength is always there for us.

We’ve tried it and we should definitely not do it again. I don’t think we want to increase our reliance on imports again.

Just because someone is a keyholder, does not mean they will always help you unlock the door you want to go through – no matter how much you think you deserve to go through it....

Ken Blackwell refuses to debate, once again demonstrating his reliance on negative attacks and empty rhetoric.

Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God’s spirit.

Without unreservedly surrendering myself to God, whatever place I might raise myself to remains nothing more than a step or possibly two off the hard basement floor of life, for of myself I can be...

Stop making flamboyant promises. Earn the people’s trust first, then do more than they expect