Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“The threatening tone, harsh aggression, made her submissive (Across Time And Space)” — Mala Naidoo Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, violence always arises out of impotence. It is the hope of those who have no power. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
I have made my will; I have been tormented to do it. I have bought repose; I know the powerlessness and inutility… — Louis XIV Copy Share Image
Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“Risk is the factor of a stratagem measured by what man is powerless to control.” — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
“NEED seemed like a really powerful word - - a powerful word containing a lot of powerlessness.” — Katie Alender Copy Share Image
Not biology, but ignorance of ourselves, has been the key to our powerlessness — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“And in taking on the subject of themselves-making themselves vulnerable to the unseen reader-they have exchanged powerlessness for for the power that… — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
Collectively, we must do more than simply watch, with resignation and a feeling of powerlessness, reports on the evening news about the… — Michael Jeffery Copy Share Image
The entrepreneurial life is one of challenge, work, dedication, perseverance, exhilaration, agony, accomplishment, failure, sacrifice, control, powerlessness... but ultimately, extraordinary satisfaction. — David S. Rose Copy Share Image
“You can’t understand what it’s like to have the choice taken away, a man forcing himself on you. Not caring if you… — Dana Mason Copy Share Image
You can make the best of it and be content, or you can complain, it makes no difference. What does it matter… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
“We will no longer make up excuses for powerlessness because powerlessness is inexcusable. Our mandate is simple: raise up a generation that… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
“Powerlessness can be a self-fulfilling prophesy. There is much that is wrong with America. But it will only be made right only… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
“As I worked to rebuild the ghost town I had made, I felt keenly that my failure to help Timothy was really… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Powerlessness is dangerous. For most of us, the inability to effect change is a desperate feeling. We need resilience and hope and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love. Here we see what… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“We are all spiritually powerless, however, and not just those physically addicted to a substance, which is why I address this book… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Both destiny's kisses and its dope-slaps illustrate an individual person's basic personal powerlessness over the really meaningful events in his life: i.e.… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
The Lord, before His Incarnation, let mankind experience all the bitterness of sin, all their powerlessness to eradicate it; and when all… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Patriarchy values the hard over the soft; the tough over the tender; punishment, vengeance, and vindictiveness over compassion, negotiation, and reconciliation. The… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
“She hated the powerlessness. The feeling of weakness always lurking beneath the surface, making her confidence seem phony, making her feel like… — Laura Griffin Copy Share Image
... there's a large core of powerlessness which is balanced against the unwritten contract that says that if you behave, you'll be… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
“The theology of littleness is a basic category of Christianity. After all, the tenor of our faith is that God's distinctive greatness… — Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict Copy Share Image
“make an agreement to exercise mutual control over each other. The unspoken pact between them is, “It’s my job to make you… — Danny Silk Copy Share Image
“Research has linked such feelings of powerlessness to the kinds of health problems plaguing Bayview and many other communities around the world.… — Jeremy A. Smith Copy Share Image
“Blame is a Defense Against Powerlessness Betrayal trauma changes you. You have endured a life-altering shock, and are likely living with PTSD… — Sandra Lee Dennis Copy Share Image
“Here is a man who by all conventions should have been a denizen of the lower depths of society: ignored, illiterate, disfigured,… — Michael Sugich Copy Share Image
The maxims for success laid out by the powerful are never much good as guides for those who aren't powerful. — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
We can decrease abuse and murder when we get that for both sexes, abuse does not derive from power, but powerlessness. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Sexism is discounting the female experience of powerlessness; the new sexism is discounting the male experience of powerlessness. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
“Powerlessness is an excruciating pain; it is torture insurmountable.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The pain of powerlessness is excruciating. It is the most painful experience in the earth school, and everyone shares it. — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
“When we feel powerless in a hostile world we can at least practice quelling the enmity in our minds.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many. — Maggie Kuhn Copy Share Image
Gender is a key marker of power and powerlessness. Most of the structures of how our world works are biased in terms… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
Employee participation programs and employee ownership are important efforts to deal with powerlessness at work. — Daniel Yankelovich Copy Share Image
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
