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title: "36 Feel Powerless Quotes by 35 authors"
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> [As a teenager, you have so much energy and hormones and you feel powerless in your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-arquette/as-a-teenager-you-have-so-much-energy-and-hormones-and-you-feel/)

[Patricia Arquette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-arquette/)

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> [Every moment is a moment of choice-to feel powerless or powerful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-loomans/every-moment-is-a-moment-of-choice-to-feel-powerless-or-powerful/)

[Diana Loomans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-loomans/)

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> [If we're isolated, we come to feel powerless when we're not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/if-we-re-isolated-we-come-to-feel-powerless-when-we-re-not/)

[Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/)

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> [“When we feel powerless in a hostile world we can at least practice quelling the enmity in our minds.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-mcgill/when-we-feel-powerless-in-a-hostile-world-we-can-at-least-practice/)

[Bryant McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-mcgill/)

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> [The point of Left-wing propaganda is to make us feel powerless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hitchens/the-point-of-left-wing-propaganda-is-to-make-us-feel-powerless/)

[Peter Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hitchens/)

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> [Insults are the last resort of the weak-minded when they feel powerless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-johnson/insults-are-the-last-resort-of-the-weak-minded-when-they-feel/)

[Russ Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russ-johnson/)

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> [It gives me pleasure to make the other team feel powerless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-dias/it-gives-me-pleasure-to-make-the-other-team-feel-powerless/)

[Ruben Dias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-dias/)

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> [For me, bondage makes me feel powerless and annoyed. It's like, can you untie me?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dian-hanson/for-me-bondage-makes-me-feel-powerless-and-annoyed-it-s-like-can-you/)

[Dian Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dian-hanson/)

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> [As an actor, you do feel very powerless... you are at the whim of the agent who submits you for a project,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-lynne-champlin/as-an-actor-you-do-feel-very-powerless-you-are-at-the-whim-of-the/)

[Donna Lynne Champlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-lynne-champlin/)

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> [“The first thing is to raise hell,” says I. “That’s always the first thing to do when you’re faced with an injustice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-jones/the-first-thing-is-to-raise-hell-says-i-that-s-always-the-first-thing/)

[Mother Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-jones/)

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> [I'm interested in exploring how an individual maintains a sense of power in a world that tends to make individuals feel powerless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/i-m-interested-in-exploring-how-an-individual-maintains-a-sense-of/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

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> [I suffer mornings most of all I feel so powerless and small By ten o'clock I'm back in bed Fighting the jury…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-palmer/i-suffer-mornings-most-of-all-i-feel-so-powerless-and-small-by-ten-o/)

[Amanda Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-palmer/)

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> [You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-fierstein/you-may-feel-powerless-as-a-child-but-the-world-will-one-day-be-yours/)

[Harvey Fierstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-fierstein/)

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> [We mostly feel fearful because we feel powerless. We feel powerless, I contend, because of a style of thinking that splits information…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-sun/we-mostly-feel-fearful-because-we-feel-powerless-we-feel-powerless-i/)

[Patricia Sun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-sun/)

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> [So many young people feel powerless. We live in a world where it feels like it's so big and yet so small,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/so-many-young-people-feel-powerless-we-live-in-a-world-where-it-feels/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

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> [Girls often feel very powerless in their lives and their families, and they kind of mimic the male violence as a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/girls-often-feel-very-powerless-in-their-lives-and-their-families-and/)

[Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/)

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> [There are so many people, so many artists, so many magazines, so many theater companies, so many people trying to raise money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-palmer/there-are-so-many-people-so-many-artists-so-many-magazines-so-many/)

[Amanda Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-palmer/)

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> [“any community or family discussion, those who are the first to introduce concern for empathy feel powerless, and are trying to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-h-friedman-2/any-community-or-family-discussion-those-who-are-the-first-to/)

[Edwin H Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-h-friedman-2/)

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> [What you see is from outside yourself, and may come, or not, but is beyond your control. But your fear is yours,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/what-you-see-is-from-outside-yourself-and-may-come-or-not-but-is/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

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> [Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel powerless. I know I can do something. But anyone can do something, it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patch-adams/unlike-a-lot-of-people-i-don-t-feel-powerless-i-know-i-can-do/)

[Patch Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patch-adams/)

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> [If you're struggling, it's easy to feel powerless until you take control of it and assert what you want. I can understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-haigh/if-you-re-struggling-it-s-easy-to-feel-powerless-until-you-take/)

[Andrew Haigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-haigh/)

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> [Do you often find yourself play out possible negative outcomes in your mind until you feel awful about it? This is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dranil-kr-sinha/do-you-often-find-yourself-play-out-possible-negative-outcomes-in/)

[DrAnil Kr Sinha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dranil-kr-sinha/)

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> [Our Western society is showing its technological muscles in ever more threatening ways, but the experience of fear, anxiety and even despair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/our-western-society-is-showing-its-technological-muscles-in-ever-more/)

[Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/)

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> [When we feel we are powerless our ego most wants to change the things in our world. As we realize we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-braden/when-we-feel-we-are-powerless-our-ego-most-wants-to-change-the-things/)

[Gregg Braden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-braden/)

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> [The idea of self-effacement, the idea that you feel so powerless that the only tiny morsel of power you have is over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/the-idea-of-self-effacement-the-idea-that-you-feel-so-powerless-that/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [One of our people in the Native community said the difference between white people and Indians is that Indian people know they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/one-of-our-people-in-the-native-community-said-the-difference-between/)

[Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/)

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> [Sometimes people who feel powerless, they come to bother their own kids, or they come to bother children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gaspar-noe/sometimes-people-who-feel-powerless-they-come-to-bother-their-own/)

[Gaspar Noe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gaspar-noe/)

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> [At times we feel powerless to overcome the struggles in our life and search for power outside, the same power that we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/at-times-we-feel-powerless-to-overcome-the-struggles-in-our-life-and/)

[Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/)

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> [“When we feel unworthy, we feel powerless. When we feel powerless, we shrink. When we shrink, we attract a match to that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anella-wetter/when-we-feel-unworthy-we-feel-powerless-when-we-feel-powerless-we/)

[Anella Wetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anella-wetter/)

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> [I'm not a political person. When I start to get into it, it just upsets me. I feel so powerless when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/channing-tatum/i-m-not-a-political-person-when-i-start-to-get-into-it-it-just-upsets/)

[Channing Tatum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/channing-tatum/)

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> [“Sometimes you feel like you’re in control and in charge of your life and everything is grand. Other times you feel powerless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-crane/sometimes-you-feel-like-you-re-in-control-and-in-charge-of-your-life/)

[Robert J. Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-crane/)

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> [I suspect most politicians feel overwhelmed because people's lives are a real struggle, full of unhappiness, and you would probably feel powerless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-brand/i-suspect-most-politicians-feel-overwhelmed-because-people-s-lives/)

[Jo Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-brand/)

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> [You ever want to feel powerless? Watch the people you care about being hurt and know there is nothing you can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/you-ever-want-to-feel-powerless-watch-the-people-you-care-about-being/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

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> [People feel powerless and useless in the world. But they can buy something. It can give them a sense of value, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-zuniga/people-feel-powerless-and-useless-in-the-world-but-they-can-buy/)

[Daphne Zuniga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-zuniga/)

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> [“While others might feel manipulative, I feel powerless. Sometimes I just hurt so bad from the mean things that people do to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-t-mason/while-others-might-feel-manipulative-i-feel-powerless-sometimes-i/)

[Paul T. Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-t-mason/)

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> [My primary goal is really to get people to open up and when they feel themselves contracting and collapsing to reduce that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-cuddy/my-primary-goal-is-really-to-get-people-to-open-up-and-when-they-feel/)

[Amy Cuddy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-cuddy/)

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