To pray is to open the door unto Jesus and admit Him into your distress. Your helplessness is the very thing which… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
“she saw her husband for the first time: she had married a child whose only talent was an air of engaging helplessness… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
What they do not comprehend is man's helplessness. I am weak, small, of no consequence to the universe. It does not notice… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The exile is a singular, whereas refugees tend to be thought of in the mass ... What is implied in these nuances… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
On the other hand, permanent causes produce helplessness far into the future, and universal causes spread helplessness through all your endeavors. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
People who believe they cause good things tend to like themselves better than people who believe good things come from other people… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
“Well, on some level, it’s similar to the psychological phenomenon of helplessness, where the will to try is lost. You get to… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
“No,” Joan vowed. She grabbed Bash’s shirt. “I don’t want this. Didn’t want this to happen.” Screams resonated. Bash continued quietly, “None… — Cate Campbell Beatty Copy Share Image
“Though possibly it–the answer–is simple: it is just low-life, some coldness in us all, some helplessness that causes us to misunderstand life… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
“It seems as though we can no longer imagine anyone but a professional or an institution or a product supplying our daily… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
...We leave our homeland, our property and our friends. We give up the familiar ground that supports our ego, admit the helplessness… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Another person is, at the heart of it, unknowable. And if you cannot know a person enough to always guess what they’re… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did.… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
The price of these failures has been a loss of moral consensus, a greater sense of helplessness about the human condition. ...… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The problems of this world are so gigantic that some are paralysed by their own uncertainty. Courage and wisdom are needed to… — Beatrix of the Netherlands Copy Share Image
“In my father's last letter he said that the world is run by those willing to take the responsibility for the running… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Parents sometimes forget that after the child emerges from the utter physical and mental helplessness of infancy, it is becoming more and… — Prentice Mulford Copy Share Image
“Even though it be true that the conception of God is absolute help, it is also the only help which is absolutely… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“God helps those who help themselves' is common sense, 'God helps those who cannot help themselves' is sound theology, and 'God helps… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
In asking forgiveness of women for our mythologizing of their bodies, for being unreal about them, we can only appeal to their… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Can a therapist make me not want to get pregnant? Can a therapist undo the trouble with my eggs, my hormones, and… — Monica Starkman Copy Share Image
The incomprehensibleness of women is an old theory, but what is that to the curious wondering observation with which wives, mothers, and… — Margaret Oliphant Copy Share Image
Living in a foreign country is one of those things that everyone should try at least once. My understanding was that it… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Had we adopted non-violence as the weapon of the strong, because we realised that it was more effective than any other weapon,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Prayer does two things. It shows the complete sufficiency of God and the complete helplessness of man. It shows that God is… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
All that Ruby said was so horribly true, she was leaving everything she cared for. She had laid up her treasures on… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
“I was going to die. I was going to die, right now, right here, before I even had a chance to thoroughly… — Maya Bode Copy Share Image
“If you become so frightened of realities that are not your own, if you take upon yourselves tragedies that do not exist… — Seth Copy Share Image
If you are blessed with great fortunes. . . you may love your fate. But your fate never guarantees the security of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Power is fortified not just by what it destroys, but also by what it creates. Not just by what it takes, but… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Five Truths about Fear Truth 1. The fear will never go away as long as I continue to grow. Truth 2. The… — Susan Jeffers Copy Share Image
“It's going to be a hard time; we can count on that. But with all the misery, what opportunities to show mercy… — Margot Benary-Isbert Copy Share Image
A knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the present and be prepared for the… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“The sentiment that one "should have done something more" reflects, it seems to me, an underlying wish to control the uncontrollable. After… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Helplessness and anger make for predictable behavior: Children are certain to shove each other and pull hair, teenagers will call each other… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was "one… — Caryll Houselander Copy Share Image
“When you choose to earn your living by helping people who are in emotional pain, you're also making a choice to carry… — Franz W Kellermanns Copy Share Image
When the frustration of my helplessness seemed greatest, I discovered God's grace was more than sufficient. And after my imprisonment, I could… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I never heard of anybody who admired the character of sheep. Even the gentlest human personalities in contact with them are annoyed… — Dorothy Canfield Fisher Copy Share Image
