Quotes about Powerlessness

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...when we feel powerless, we stop trying to find a better way. — Walter Dean Myers
You can render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, but if you don't keep from Caesar that which is yours, Caesar will ta — Adam Levin, The Instructions
Now I recall my emotions at that moment, children seem to me a remarkable race. They want so much to murder so many peop — Rebecca West
Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by over — Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Perfectionism is the unparalleled defense for emotionally abandoned children. The existential unattainability of perfect — Pete Walker
She is a slave, with no way home. — Heather Demetrios, Exquisite Captive
The devil’s attacks are proof of his powerlessness before us — Sunday Adelaja
When we feel powerless in a hostile world we can at least practice quelling the enmity in our minds. — Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
It is so much more threatening to have something out of hand than to believe that at any moment I can stop (I started to — Flora Rheta Schreiber, Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities