Helplessness Quotes

131 Helplessness quotes by 109 unique authors

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail. — Lech Walesa
Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness. — Lech Walesa
There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into… — Anais Nin
I do not speak as I think, I do not think as I should, and so it all goes on in helpless darkness. — Franz Kafka
What they do not comprehend is man's helplessness. I am weak, small, of no consequence to the universe. It does not notice me; I live… — Philip K. Dick
All that Ruby said was so horribly true, she was leaving everything she cared for. She had laid up her treasures on earth only. She… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Through this feeling of helplessness suddenly burst a piercing nostalgia for the lost world of childhood. The way it came right up against the heart,… — Denis Johnson
Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I… — Christopher Morley
Love at first sight'some say misnaming Discovery of twinned helplessness Against the huge tug of procreation. But friendship at first sight? This also Catches fiercely… — Robert Graves
I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a… — Oprah Winfrey
...We leave our homeland, our property and our friends. We give up the familiar ground that supports our ego, admit the helplessness of ego to… — Chogyam Trungpa
If I look at the mass I will never act. — Mother Teresa
You win some, you lose some, and your losses are never made up to you. She will simply have to do without; like it or… — Sheldon B. Kopp
If outer events bring him to a position where he can bear them no longer and force him to cry out to the higher power… — Paul Brunton
I am afraid of reduction. After a lifetime's independence- yes, selfish independence- I am terrified of being reduced to childhood once more, to helplessness, to… — Rosie Thomas
Whenever I start thinking of my love for a person, I am in the habit of immediately drawing radii from my love - from my… — Vladimir Nabokov
He wanted her. He knew where to find her. He waited. It amused him to wait, because he knew that the waiting was unbearable to… — Ayn Rand
Living in a foreign country is one of those things that everyone should try at least once. My understanding was that it completed a person,… — David Sedaris
Don't be offended, but you seem to be one of those people who just attract accidents like a magnet. So . . . try not… — Stephenie Meyer
These were the companions who justified my principles, who gave me the strength to continue against any foe, real or imagined. These were the companions… — R A Salvatore
The very helplessness of the public which makes it necessary for them to consult the experts also makes it impossible for them to judge how… — Hugh Nibley
It felt as though they were the only people in the world, two young women about to bury the symbol of their helplessness, as if… — Sarah Addison Allen
But I know I would not go out. I had taken this time to fall in love instead — in love with the sort of… — Alice Sebold

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