“ Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness. ”
- Honore de Balzac- Copy
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“ Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter. ”
- Arnold Schwarzenegger- Copy
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“ Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness. ”
- Lech Walesa- Copy
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“ It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail. ”
- Lech Walesa- Copy
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“ Helplessness becomes prayer the moment that you go to Jesus and speak candidly and confidently with him about your needs. This is to believe. ”
- Hallesby- Copy
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“ Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence. ”
- Johann Kaspar Lavater- Copy
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“ The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence. ”
- Ayn Rand- Copy
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“ Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything. ”
- Napoleon Bonaparte- Copy
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“ If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? ”
- Harry Shearer- Copy
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“ Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter. ”
- Martin Seligan- Copy
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“ Collectively, we must do more than simply watch, with resignation and a feeling of powerlessness, reports on the evening news about the latest terrorist atrocity. ”
- Michael Jeffery- Copy
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“ Fat is a way of saying "no" to powerlessness and self-denial. ”
- Susie Orbach- Copy
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“ A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter as fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. ”
- Margaret Atwood- Copy
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“ What is called "apathy" is, I believe, a feeling of helplessness on the part of the ordinary citizen, a feeling of impotence in the face of enormous power. It's not that people are apathetic; they do care about what is going on, but don't know what to do about it, so they do nothing, and appear to be indifferent. ”
- Howard Zinn- Copy
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“ Doubt is most often the source of our powerlessness. To doubt is to be faithless, to be without hope or belief. When we doubt, our self-talk sounds like this: 'I don't think I can. I don't think I will.'… To doubt is to have faith in the worst possible outcome… ”
- Blaine Lee- Copy
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“ No matter how frustrated you may feel, there is always a way out. In every situation that arise, we choose to be powerful or powerless. It may not always feel like it, but it is a choice. And there are consequences for these choices in terms of the results we get, and the subsequent increase or decrease in our power and influence… ”
- Blaine Lee- Copy
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“ 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 see how God used my powerlessness for His purpose. What He has chosen for my most significant witness was not my triumphs or victories, but my defeat. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
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