Sustenance Quotes

The thrill of a fish at the end of the line, that thing that sparks from the dark water to spinal cord, is a vestige of an archetypal joy that has to do with sustenance, material and spiritual.

"The twins no longer derive their sustenance from Nature's founts - in short," said Mr. Micawber, in one of his bursts of confidence, "they are weaned..."

Exactly like everything around us, we are made of the same elements of this earth and are totally dependent on this earth for our sustenance.

Many a death was precipitated by the food, the job, or the medication whose main function was to postpone it.

Getting through life without a lot of money, possessions, and/or friends is admirable, especially if it is by choice.

A job shouldn’t be a mean of existence but rather, a means of sustenance

Your job cannot sustain you, only your calling can

Every single living thing is food to at least one living thing.

It is childish to eat primarily or only to please your tongue.

In any sane society, a farmer is a billion times more important than an economist.

Sustainability is best illustrated by those who sell food … just so they afford something to eat.

There are stories in the air as thick as birds around me, he would say. I will save those stories from starving he would say. I have a great hunger for stories, he would say.

The most important truths are those which sustain us in our daily lives.

He realized he needed strength, sustenance that couldn’t come from bread alone. He desperately needed God.