I want to be helpful to people.

The young man [Turgot] destined for an ecclesiastical career was placed within walls carefully designed to keep out all currents of new thought; his…

— Andrew Dickson White

What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene.

— Mark Dever

Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing…

— Swami Vivekananda

I think it's really good and helpful to have the people you most admire in some other discipline than what you work in. It's…

— Whit Stillman

Tell people what specific action to take.

— Jay Abraham

Standing as a witness in all things means being kind in all things, being the first to say hello, being the first to smile,…

— Margaret D. Nadauld

When it gets difficult is often right before you succeed.

— Jeffrey Walker

Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other…

— John F. Kennedy

Chances are that any helpful two-year-old will break some eggs. We are often not very good at things when we are new. But there…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

I got Michael Caine's book, Acting In Film, and I read it on the plane, desperately trying to glean information from him about how…

— Eric McCormack

Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to being a winner

— Anonymous

Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to "'clean'" it, and suddenly you can't find anything?

— Rick Riordan

Thinking about writing as an act of celebration is sometimes a helpful framework for me. It allows me to prioritize what I want to…

— Sarah Kay

We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these…

— John F. Kennedy

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

— Rob Bell