Quotes about Powerlessness
God has never been impressed with strength or self-sufficiency. In fact, he is drawn to people who are weak and admit it.
— Rick Warren
Savor powerlessness, after power, in every phase that matches it precisely; replace every old triumph with the new defeat; strengthen yourself on your weakness; win yourself back when so very lost.
— Elias Canetti
But it's in that disappointment, in that confusion, in that pain—the pain that comes from things not going how I wanted them to—that I find the same thing happening, again and again. I come to the end of myself, to the end of my power, the end of my strength, the end of my understanding, only to find, in that place of powerlessness, a strength and peace that weren't there before.
— Rob Bell
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealised into powerlessness
— Erica Jong
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
God does everything through people who understand they're nothing. And God does nothing through those who think they're everything.
— Tullian Tchividjian