#Helplessness Quotes

“I ride rough waters, and shall sink with no one to save me.”

“How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality. Lots of people are flunking that test big time.”

“Suddenly the nickel-clad horse takes the bit in its mouth and goes slanting for the curbstone defying all prayers and all your powers to change its mind - your heart stands still, your breath hangs fire, your legs forget to work.”

“The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.”

“It is the highest creatures who take the longest to mature, and are the most helpless during their immaturity.”

“I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.”

“The life of man in this world is like the life of a fly in a room filled with 100 boys, each armed with a fly-swatter.”

“Please tell me what can I do. There must be something I can do”

“It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on.”

“Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.”

“I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway.”