Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Powerlessness Quotes

Apathy Despair Existentialism Indifference Powerlessness 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.

Anne Frank

Diarist and Holocaust victim

Despair Powerlessness Resignation Submission Suffering The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

Henry David Thoreau

American naturalist and essayist

Depression Environmental Concerns Isolation Powerlessness Sadness When I was 11 I became very depressed. It had a lot to do with the climate and ecological crisis. I thought everything was just so wrong and nothing was happening and there's no point in anything.

Greta Thunberg

Swedish political activist

Efficacy Futility of Effort Hope Mindset Powerlessness Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Former Governor of California