Powerless Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old powerless quotes, powerless sayings, and powerless proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Powerless rage can work miracles. Stanisław Jerzy Lec
The powerless worship Luck and Fate. Mason Cooley
Excessive fear is always powerless. Aeschylus
If you think you are powerless, then you are. Monica Ali
If your mind is scattered, it is quite powerless. Dalai Lama
People who are powerless make an open theater of violence. Don DeLillo
A powerless church has nothing for the devil to counterfeit. Bill Johnson
Feeling powerless is the result of yielding to fearful thinking. T.F. Hodge
The more powerless people are, the longer they are kept waiting. Mason Cooley
Only the powerless live in a money culture and know nothing about money. Phyllis Chesler
Powerless religion may put a man through many surface changes and leave him exactly what he was before. Aiden Wilson Tozer
When we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus. Corrie ten Boom
You ever want to feel powerless? Watch the people you care about being hurt and know there is nothing you can do about it. Corey Taylor
Sure you're powerless, sure you're just one person, sure you can't change anything but you don't have to be miserable about it as well. Lydia Lunch
You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it. Harvey Fierstein
Without money, you are powerless in this world. You are totally subject to whatever happens. To be without money in the physical world is to be powerless. Frederick Lenz
When a person feels powerless in regard to controlling his life, he can defend against the discomfort of such an experience by asserting control over someone else. A. Nicholas Groth
The acknowledgment of powerlessness does empower. We humans are powerless over a whole host of factors and conditions in the world, and mostly we're not bothered by these. Peg O'Connor
These powerless people at the bottom are the ones with whom we must begin. They must have the insight and the knowledge to work together and recognise that they are on the right track. Dorothy Day
The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God gives you. The more you humble yourself, the more you're honored by others. Rick Warren
It is necessary that the weakness of the powerless is transformed into a force capable of announcing justice. For this to happen, a total denouncement of fatalism is necessary. We are transformative beings and not beings for accommodation. Paulo Freire
When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better. Maya Angelou
When you are totally defenseless, that's when you'll be strong. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so forlornly unhappy as when we have lost our love object or its love. Sigmund Freud
The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself. Ali Ibn Abi Talib
We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness... C. S. Lewis
You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts, but rather a master of your own mind. Louise Hay
How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality. Lots of people are flunking that test big time. Thomas Sowell
The more helpless you are, the better you are fitted to pray, and the more answers to prayer you will experience. Ole Hallesby
Never feel too small or powerless to make a difference. Anita Roddick