Top 564 Dependence Quotes & Sayings

Dependence begets subservience and paves the way for tyranny.

There is a dependence in the region that breeds a culture of defeatism.

Centralize property in the hands of a few and the millions are under bondage to property - a bondage as absolute and deplorable as if their limbs were covered with manacles. Abstract all property from the hands of labor and you thereby reduce labor to dependence; and that dependence becomes as complete a servitude as the master could fix upon his slave.

The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence.

Prayer means dependence on the Lord.

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

Maturity comes in three stages: dependence, independence and interdependence

Thomas Jefferson, the leading Enlightenment figure in the United States, along with Benjamin Franklin, who took exactly the same view, argued that dependence will lead to "subservience and venality", and will "suffocate the germs of virtue". And remember, by dependence he meant wage labor, which was considered an abomination under classical liberal principles.

Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests.

By stealthily teaching dependence, photography can turn out to be dangerous.

Extreme independence is as destructive to a relationship as total dependence.

the society which projects and undertakes the technological transformation of nature alters the base of domination by gradually replacing personal dependence (of the slave on the master, the serf on the lord of the manor, the lord on the donor of the fief, etc.) with dependence on the "objective order of things" (on economic laws, the market etc.).

Russia's main weaknesses are inflexibility and dependence on energy resources

Dependence upon God makes heroes of ordinary people like you and me!

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

Prayer is a declaration of dependence upon God.

One of my top priorities in Congress is to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.

The essence of the religious emotions consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence.

No human civilization could ever sever our dependence on photosynthesis.

Emotional dependence is the opposite of emotional strength. It means needing to have others to survive, wanting others to "do it for us," and depending on others to give us our self-image, make our decisions, and take care of us financially. When we are emotionally dependent, we look to others for our happiness, our concept of "self," and our emotional well-being. Such vulnerability necessitates a search for and dependence on outer support for a sense of our own worth.

Description of man: dependence, longing for independence, need.

What is the quickest way to reduce our dependence on oil? Embrace hybrid technology.

The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent upon a foreigner without his being dependent on us. Now, this is what constitutes the very essence of society. To sever natural interrelations is not to make oneself independent, but to isolate oneself completely.

Our energy future is choice, not fate. Oil dependence is a problem we need no longer have-and it's cheaper not to. U.S. oil dependence can be eliminated by proven and attractive technologies that create wealth, enhance choice, and strengthen common security.

With regard to electric vehicles, I am all for them because most of the incremental electricity needed to run those vehicles will come from gas-fired electric generation. However, I do not believe it is wise for America to substitute dependence on foreign oil for dependence on Chinese batteries.

Historically, we have lived in a nation of energy dependence. Dependence on others for our heating and electricity, and for our fuel for transportation.

Weakness indicates dependence, and there is a degree of trust and tenderness also in it.

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

A warrior balances solitude and dependence.

We have seen what the dependence and addiction to foreign oil has done to us economically.

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.

No crust so tough as the grudged bread of dependence.

This year - today - I am repenting of my dependence on fossil fuels.

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

Partnership, not dependence, is the real romance in marriage.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

Financial dependence on the state is the foundation of modern serfdom.

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

Society's dependence on fossil fuels is jeopardising social and economic progress.

There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence.

True happiness is...to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

I've never made football my priority. My priorities are my faith and my dependence on God.

Co-dependence...taking someone else's temperature to see how you feel.

I think that in the colonial imaginary of the average Mexican, in how it drives us, the economic dependence on the US, and in some cases cultural dependence, is quite palpable, very strong.

For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possessiveness, results in friction, suspicion, frustration.

Humility: The realization of our dependence on God. I have always had strong feelings about that word regardless of what anyone's background might be. One of the common denominators of greatness is acknowledging that dependence. As power comes from Charity, power also comes from knowing who you are, a divine offspring of a divine being.

Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible.

We need to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy.

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.

Dependence leads to subservience.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

True humility means total dependence on God for everything.

Abundance = choice = freedom. Scarcity = dependence = control.

We have lost sight of the dependence we have on nature in economics

A Darwinian nation of economic fitness abhors idleness, dependence, non-productivity.

We can accomplish more in one month of dependence on the Spirit than we can in 100 years of dependence on ourselves.

We think of cannabis as a drug, in accordance with international opinions. This means that even consuming small amounts can lead to very severe dependence. With alcohol or cigarettes however, sensibly limited consumption does not bear the risk of immediate addictiveness as this is the case with cannabis according to our opinion. With alcohol there surely is an element of a tradition. However, enjoyed in moderation, as supplement to a meal for example, alcohol is not something that causes immediate dependence. Still, there is a great need for prevention and information in this matter.

To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

Mechanical reproduction emancipates the work of art from its parasitical dependence on ritual.