Powerlessness Quotes

70 quotes by 59 authors

I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do,… — Adam Arkin
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. — Margaret Atwood
In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve. — Theodor Adorno
When the frustration of my helplessness seemed greatest, I discovered God's grace was more than sufficient. And after my imprisonment, I could look back and… — Charles Caleb Colton
Lack of self-worth is the fundamental source of all emotional pain. A feeling of insecurity, unworthiness and lack of valueis the core experience of powerlessness. — Gary Zukav
How would you feel if you had no fear? Feel like that. How would you behave toward other people if you realized their powerlessness to… — Vernon Howard
Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness. That is why… — Irene Khan
There is a feeling of personal dignity and independence in grasping, literally, the power to back your refusal to be a target of a violent… — John Longenecker
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? — Harry Shearer
Simply being with someone is difficult because it asks of us that we share in the other's vulnerability, enter with him or her into the… — Henri Nouwen
Often when people first hear this part of the Secret they recall events in history where masses of lives were lost, and they find it… — Rhonda Byrne
May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience the… — Brennan Manning
Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love. Here we see what compassion means. It… — Henri Nouwen
Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial. — Susie Orbach
The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. — Theodor Adorno
God will allow us to follow self-help, self-improvement programs until we have tried them all, until we finally come to the honest confession, â€˜I can't… — Chuck Smith
To worry is to acknowledge that the world is unpredictable, and there is power in understanding one's own powerlessness at times. But too often worry… — A. Lee Martinez
The crisis of the church is not at its deepest level a crisis of authority, or a crisis of dogmatic theology. It is a crisis… — James K. Baxter
I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
Poverty is not just a material problem. Poverty is something wider: it is about powerlessness, about being deprived of basic opportunities and freedom of choice. — Johan Norberg

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