#helpless

I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening. ↗

— Daryl Hannah

#blogs #even #feeling #get #happening

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#behaves #being #care #children #culture

No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

#feel #goldfish #helpless #owner #sick

The reflection of the flame in the glass seems to be touching the hand. And you feel the helpless fear of these dismembered parts. This sort of thing can hardly be visualized at the script stage. ↗

— Terence Fisher

#feel #flame #glass #hand #hardly

My mother died of lung cancer last year. I felt helpless. As an economist, I thought, 'What can I do?' ↗

— Andrew Lo

#died #economist #felt #helpless #i

It was a matter of survival for the local people, but it was the most violent scene I have ever witnessed. The people in my group, feeling helpless, were all spellbound and aghast at the same time. I became a vegetarian shortly after that. ↗

— Wendie Malick

#became #ever #feeling #group #helpless

It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open. ↗

— Herman Melville

#helplessly #impossible #oneself #open #talk

Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest. ↗

— Ted Nugent

#guest #helpless #right #unarmed

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#apart #cannot #devotion #god #helpless

In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them. ↗

— Alija Izetbegovic

#active role #although #cards #destiny #great