Powerless Quotes

336 quotes by 280 authors

You know that I become quite powerless whenever I am obliged to write for an instrument which I cannot bear. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
We find two great gangs of political speculators, who alternately take possession of the state power and exploit it by the most corrupt ends --… — Friedrich Engels
Even if an alcoholic is powerless over alcohol once it enters his body, he still makes a choice to drink. And, even if someone is… — Rick Perry
Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal organism. — C.S. Lewis
Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment â€“ and… — Dmitri Shostakovich
Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administration's support of abortion rights, Obama shows… — Gary Bauer
Once the 'portals of the future close - in Amazonia, Siberia or the Arctic - we will find ourselves powerless to affect the outcome of… — Mark Lynas
Most agencies run scared, most of the time. . . .Frightened people are powerless to produce good advertising. . . . If I were aclient,… — David Ogilvy
Why should my love be powerless to help another? — George MacDonald
Let us see that our knowledge of Christ be not a powerless, barren, unpractical knowledge: O that, in its passage from our understanding to our… — John Flavel
When you focus on the eternal, victorious Son of God, you break the devil's heart and render him powerless. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
If you think you are powerless, then you are — Monica Denise Brown
Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it… — Molly Ivins
Conspiracy theory is the ultimate refuge of the powerless. If you cannot change your own life, it must be that some greater force controls the… — Roger Cohen
And because God's love is uncoercive and treasures our freedom - if above all he wants us to love him, then we must be left… — Frederick Buechner
Don't let the politicians chip away at the New Deal and the Great Society programs like Social Security and Medicare, that puts a floor beyond… — Helen Thomas
You do not have to love what is going on in your life, but you must accept that it, whatever it is, is going on.… — Iyanla Vanzant
It is only in times of social dissolution, as in the last age of the small Semitic states, when men and their gods were alike… — William Robertson Smith
If you achieve a voice that will be heard, you should use it to speak up for the voiceless and oppressed. If you possess any… — Craig Murray
Given one has before oneself a strong, healthy, youth rich in spirited blood and a powerless, weak, cachectic old man scarcely capable of breathing. If… — Andreas Libavius

Who Wrote These Powerless Quotes

280 authors contributed a total of 336 Powerless Quotes, led by these top contributors: