Quotes About Helpless

The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.

There is nothing more futile than to consciously look for something to save you.

There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge.

I don't like to work. I am not helpless without work. Work is an obsession for me.

Jeg er bare en ganske alminnelig mann som ikke kan forandre noe som helst jeg

The beast retires to its shelter, and the bird flies to its nest; but the helpless man can only find refuge in his fellow creature.

Children are a perpetual, self-renewing underclass, helpless to escape from the decisions of adults until they become adults themselves.

Children are a perpetual, self-renewing underclass, helpless to escape from the decisions of adults until they become adults themselves. And

In my father's last letter he said that the world is run by those willing to take the responsibility for the running of it. If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it. In the law courts, in business, in government. There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent.

In my father's last letter he said that the world is run by those willing to take the responsibility for the running of it. If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it. In the law courts, in business, in government. There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent.

When the heart craved something so forcefully, then reason became nothing but helpless observer.

Fear lay down on top of her like a black cloud, trying to get into her mouth through her clenched teeth. There was nothing she could do but wait, and hope that the danger – a danger she couldn't even lift her head to meet – might not notice the little boat, drifting helpless through the fog.

She felt weak and utterly forlorn. She wished some help would come from outside. But in the whole world there was no help.

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing.

The poet] is no arguer . . . he is judgment. He judges not as the judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing.

The Law requires much, but offers no help in the carrying out of its requirements. The Lord Jesus requires just as much, yea more (Matt. 5:21–48). But what He requires from us, He Himself carries out in us. The Law makes demands and leaves us helpless to fulfill them; Christ makes demands, but He Himself fulfills in us the very demands He makes.

Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.

God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, thehelpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos; He will set them above their betters.

Although a security guard is ostensibly there to provide security, his actual role is to give the illusion of safety to suburban women. If someone wants to do something dangerous, a security guard is helpless to stop them. Most older security guards understand this. If you're a yuppie in a suit, you will never get stopped. If you're a bike messenger, they're on you in a heartbeat. Go stand in an office building lobby and watch if you don't believe me.

She hated feeling helpless. It writhed in her stomach, choking her with thoughts of dancing the rest of her life in the arms of a gentleman who pushed her about and laughed when she stumbled or, worse, didn't even look at her at all. She wondered if she would be able to give the Soul's Curtsy, with all her heart and soul, to anyone, and the thought made her ill.

We need to find the humility to admit that we are indeed powerless and helpless so we can take the first steps in finding ways to heal. – Dr. Thomas Demaria

The most common response by parents to children's isolation is aggravation or worry. We may focus on the annoying behavior, not seeing the pain underneath, or we see the pain all too clearly and feel helpless to fix it. These are difficult moments for any parent. What we need are keys to unlock the door to that fortress of isolation and help the child out again into the fields of play. Playful Parenting provides those keys.

Still, some things were out of anyone's control.

Ah! what could we do but what we did! We sighed and fainted on the Sofa.