All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.Jean de La FontaineFashionPowerlessnessStupidity Share this
The reason life is so strange is that so often people have no choice.William MaxwellDestinyPowerlessness Share this
Sophistication knows the score, but is powerless to change it.Mason CooleyChangePowerlessness Share this
Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.Mason CooleyPowerlessnessProtectionVulnerability Share this
The more powerless people are, the longer they are kept waiting.Mason CooleyInjusticePatiencePowerlessness Share this
Despite billions of Sun, the universe is still in darkness! The wisdom of light is yet powerless!Mehmet Murat IldanDarknessPowerlessnessWisdom Share this
He prays because he knows he doesn’t control it. He’s at the mercy of it.Michael CrichtonFaithPowerlessnessSurrender Share this
Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.J. R. R. TolkienContradictionPowerlessnessSuffering Share this
As an actor, no matter what, you’re at the whim of so many other people all the time.Jake GyllenhaalDependencePowerlessnessVulnerability Share this
A horsefly can’t do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow.Harry TurtledovePowerlessness Share this
Religion is the love of life in the consciousness of impotence.George SantayanaExistentialismFaithPowerlessness Share this
She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself.Jane AustenDesirePowerlessness Share this
Intolerance is evidence of fear, and fear is the consequence of feeling powerless.Dean FrazerFearIntolerancePowerlessness Share this
What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.Abraham LincolnAcceptanceFatePowerlessness Share this
Not biology, but ignorance of ourselves, has been the key to our powerlessnessAdrienne RichIgnorancePowerlessnessSelf-discovery Share this
It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.Daniel HandlerAcceptancePowerlessnessSurrender Share this
If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.John Lancaster SpaldingContentmentPowerlessnessStrength Share this
He realized at last that the arguments of pessimism were powerless to comfort himJoris-Karl HuysmansComfortPowerlessnessRealization Share this
There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.Jesse JacksonNegativityPowerlessnessStagnation Share this
Without faith, God’s grace is wasted, & without grace, faith is powerless.Andrew WommackFaithGracePowerlessness Share this
We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us.John Lancaster SpaldingEnlightenmentHumilityPowerlessness Share this
Some things are best left alone. Such as interfering in things which are beyond our powers.Jimmy SangsterCautionPowerlessness Share this
Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.Sigmund FreudOppositionPowerlessnessStrength Share this
Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it.Bell HooksExploitationPowerlessnessSuppression Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity
