Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, roll darkly down…

It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his…

— Plutarch

Tell her this And more,— That the king of the seas Weeps too, old, helpless man. The bustling fates Heap his hands with corpses…

— Stephen Crane

The important thing is to tell yourself a life story in which you, the hero, are primarily a problem solver rather than a helpless…

— Martha Beck

Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will…

— Samuel Johnson

“But there you are. Helpless. Unable to defend yourself. Vulnerable. Victim.”

— Jennifer Laurens

I've never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies

— Christopher Paolini

“There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence were…

— Yann Martel

Of her own experience she had no memory of the thing happening; but in her instinct, which was the experience of all mothers of…

— Jack London

“Hopeless and helpless doth AEgeon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end.”

— William Shakespeare

I know it's not good to be weak and helpless. But I don't think it's good to be too strong either. In our society,…

— Natsuki Takaya

Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which…

— Maria Montessori

And I feel so helpless here. Watch my eyes are filled with fear.~~~

— Anonymous

What we need as Christians is to be able to feed ourselves. How many there are who sit helpless and listless, with open mouths,…

— Anonymous

I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

— Abraham Lincoln

Almost everywhere we find . . . the use of various coercive measures, to rid ourselves as quickly as possible of the child withinus--i.e.,…

— Alice Miller