Quotes about Helplessness

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Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here to tell you tha — Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra
How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons th — Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Self abandoned, relaxed and effortless, I seemed to have laid me down in the dried-up bed of a great river; I heard a fl — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
And I ask myself what it is about me that makes this wonderful, beautiful woman return. Is it because I'm pathetic, help — Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke
There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up. — Jefferson Smith, Strange Places
I am afraid of reduction. After a lifetime's independence- yes, selfish independence- I am terrified of being reduced to — Rosie Thomas, Iris & Ruby
Do not hold a lazy faith. Miracles are not spontaneous events we must wait for helplessly. Miracles are an achievement—a — L.M. Browning
In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our depende — Ursula K. Le Guin, Lavinia
Helplessness and anger make for predictable behavior: Children are certain to shove each other and pull hair, teenagers — Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic
When we resort to screaming at someone, we are revealing weakness and a sense of helplessness. If we can’t seem to get o — Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts
You can't forge a relationship with learned helplessness, you can only force one and it will always be tenuous. There is — Rebecca K. O'Connor, Lift
Her arms groped forward to guide her when her tears blocked her vision in darkness. Then she couldn't run any more. She — Clare McNally, Ghost House
In the presence of the storm, thunderbolts, hurricane, rain, darkness, and the lions, which might be concealed but a few — Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness
Apathy is unconditional surrender where we are driven into hiding by unrealistic fear, and firmly held there by the misi — Craig D. Lounsbrough
You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we're not. — Louise L. Hay
It's going to be a hard time; we can count on that. But with all the misery, what opportunities to show mercy and brothe — Margot Benary-Isbert, Dangerous Spring
But if ever I try to mend, some other bodies would instantly break, would instantly be fragments. — Khadija Rupa, Unexpressed Feelings
In fact, the mothers of all her girl friends impressed on their daughters the necessity of being helpless, clinging, doe — Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
God knows how to turn your helplessness into strength — Sunday Adelaja
Sooner or later I will be faced with the fact that the world is helpless to meet my needs. And at that point, I will be — Craig D. Lounsbrough