Powerless Quotes

336 quotes by 280 authors

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority. — Henry David Thoreau
Conscience is a just but weak judge. Weakness leaves it powerless to execute its judgment. — Khalil Gibran
The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and Africa seemed powerless to do anything to stop it. — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Dreams are powerless unless they are specific. — Bo Sanchez
We are all powerless as children, and money looms so powerfully... we don't grow up to claim our financial power until we look money directly… — Suze Orman
The whole idea of revenge and punishment is a childish day-dream. Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Revenge is an act which… — George Orwell
Father God, thank You for having no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of… — Beth Moore
You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind. — Leonardo da Vinci
If I were thin, I'd never say 'I am powerless over fudge.' a) I can't believe I actually ever said that. b) Which, of course,… — Camryn Manheim
Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition… — Henri Nouwen
Patriarchy, like any system of domination (for example, racism), relies on socializing everyone to believe that in all human relations there is an inferior and… — Bell Hooks
As long as a woman is forced into believing she is powerless and/or is trained to not consciously register what she knows to be true,… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Today I will realize that I'm powerless over other people's expectations of me. I'll think about what I want and consider that how I respond… — Melody Beattie
A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who… — Erich Fromm
Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel powerless. I know I can do something. But anyone can do something, it's not about being special.… — Patch Adams
If your mind is scattered, it is quite powerless. — Dalai Lama
...though every thinking being longs for God, the First Cause, it is powerless... to grasp Him. Tired with the yearning it chafes at the bit… — Gregory of Nazianzus
I have seen firsthand how injustice gets overlooked when the victims are powerless or vulnerable, when they have no one to speak up for them… — Desmond Tutu
A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian. — Billy Graham
The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But… — J C Ryle

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