(1553 quotes found)
“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.”
C.S. Lewis
“One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more”
Thomas Jefferson
“To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.”
Dalai Lama
“He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.”
James Allen
“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts”
Coleman Cox
“Get thee a good husband and use him as he uses thee”
William Shakespeare
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”
William Morris
“Sometimes the best way to be useful is to get out of somebody's way.”
Ashleigh Brilliant
“Trials, temptations, disappointments - all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy.”
James Buckham
