Usefullness Quotes
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there
We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness
A cock, having found a pearl, said that a grain of corn would be of more value to him
The great aim of human life
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user
To waste, to destroy, our natural resources,
to skin and exhaust the land instead of
using it so as to increase its usefulness,
will result in undermining in the days of our children
the very prosperity which we ought by right to
hand down to them amplified...
Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime
A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society
If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world
It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their youth
The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present
The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness
Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at
It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in my day and generation
Live for something. Do good, and leave behind you a monument of virtue that the storm of time can never destroy. Write your name in kindness, love, and mercy, on the hearts of thousands you come in contact with year by year; you will never be forgotten. No, your name, your deeds, will be as legible on the hearts you leave behind as the stars on the brow of evening. Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven
When the air balloon was first discovered, some one flippantly asked Dr. Franklin what was the use of it. The doctor answered this question by asking another: "What is the use of a new-born infant? It may become a man
Have I done aught of value to my fellow-men? Then have I done much for myself
The useful and the beautiful are never separated
A useless life is only an early death
What praise is implied in the simple epithet useful! What reproach in the contrary
A barking dog is more useful than a sleeping lion
Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking
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