Helplessness Quotes

131 Helplessness quotes by 109 unique authors

Selfishness is the biggest form of helplessness as it makes the person blind so much that he fails to search his true self for being… — Unknown Author
Prayer does two things. It shows the complete sufficiency of God and the complete helplessness of man. It shows that God is not lacking, that… — Matt Chandler
Your situation and prospects only seem hopeless because you have ideas of hope. Knock off that hope and the crippling feelings of helplessness go with… — U.G. Krishnamurti
A woman wishes to mother a man simply because she sees into his helplessness, his need of an amiable environment, his touching self-delusion. — H. L. Mencken
Gangs are a group reaction to helplessness. — Jesse Jackson
I dislike helplessness in other people and in myself, and this is by far my greatest fear of illness. — John Steinbeck
I don't think I could play a character that I couldn't relate to somehow. I'm not unfamiliar with frustration, anger, shame, helplessness and a load… — Terry O'Quinn
Throughout the play everything possible was done to show the virtue, innocence and helplessness of the poor, and the abandoned cruelty, the heartless self-indulgence of… — Joyce Cary
The incomprehensibleness of women is an old theory, but what is that to the curious wondering observation with which wives, mothers, and sisters watch the… — Margaret Oliphant
There's no way to escape the fact that we've grown up in a violent culture, we just can't get away from it, it's part of… — Sam Shepard
I do not have easy days at home now and I drift between fear and helplessness in sunny rooms where it is unspeakably cold. Strange… — Georg Trakl
The attractiveness that exists to man in the very helplessness of woman is scarcely realized. — Alphonse de Lamartine
A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before God, and that all that is necessary is to be reconciled to one's… — Ole Hallesby
The drive to resist compulsion is more important in wild animals than sex, food, or water... The drive for competence or to resist compulsion is… — Martin Seligman
On the other hand, permanent causes produce helplessness far into the future, and universal causes spread helplessness through all your endeavors. — Martin Seligman
Finding temporary and specific causes for misfortune is the art of hope: Temporary causes limit helplessness in time, and specific causes limit helplessness to the… — Martin Seligman
If you are sure that you are about to fail, then this strange and serene calmness can come over you or the most abject fear… — Peter Gallagher
I sat day after day in my little room, waiting for inspiration to visit me, trying to invent a pseudonym that would express, in a… — Romain Gary
This is not the time for political fun and games. This is the time for a new beginning. I ask you now to put aside… — Ronald Reagan
In the case of 'Ocean at the End of the Lane,' it's a book about helplessness. It's a book about family, it's a book about… — Neil Gaiman
Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our… — Mahatma Gandhi
Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes. — Mason Cooley
I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive… — Daryl Hannah
Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness. — B. H. Liddell Hart
We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason,… — Jonathan Sacks

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