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title: "16 Make Useful Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Make Useful quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Make Useful sayings and thoughts."
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> [I want to make something that's useful to someone, somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-mccombs/i-want-to-make-something-that-s-useful-to-someone-somewhere/)

[Cass McCombs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-mccombs/)

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> [“Go and make yourself useful, since you are too big to be ornamental.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/go-and-make-yourself-useful-since-you-are-too-big-to-be-ornamental/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/louisa-may-alcott-318_useful_go-and-make-yourself-useful-since-you-ar_528465.png)

> [I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-keller/i-have-found-out-that-though-the-ways-in-which-i-can-make-myself/)

[Helen Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-keller/)

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> [“Don't feel bad if your youth cannot be joyful, but at least make it useful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/don-t-feel-bad-if-your-youth-cannot-be-joyful-but-at-least-make-it/)

[Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/)

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> [Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-stiles/make-yourself-useful-not-just-on-a-day-to-day-basis-but-as-a-lifetime/)

[Julia Stiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-stiles/)

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> [The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-state-is-to-make-what-is-useful-the-individual-is-to-make-what-is/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/oscar-wilde-16_beautiful_the-state-is-to-make-what-is-useful-the_2635969.jpg)

> [“make yourself useful to others by keeping yourself healthy and happy, and any certificate is no guarantee to that”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hlovate/make-yourself-useful-to-others-by-keeping-yourself-healthy-and-happy/)

[Hlovate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hlovate/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/hlovate-9883_healthy-and-happy_make-yourself-useful-to-others-by-keepin_1095709.jpg)

> [We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/we-have-to-do-with-the-past-only-as-we-can-make-it-useful-to-the/)

[Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/frederick-douglass-859_anger_we-have-to-do-with-the-past-only-as-we-c_1224316.png)

> [Those of us who work in politics can only make ourselves useful if our heads are filled with things that we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-buttigieg/those-of-us-who-work-in-politics-can-only-make-ourselves-useful-if/)

[Pete Buttigieg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-buttigieg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/pete-buttigieg-3683_only_those-of-us-who-work-in-politics-can-onl_956487.jpg)

> [For it may safely be said, not that the habit of ready and correct observation will by itself make us useful nurses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florence-nightingale/for-it-may-safely-be-said-not-that-the-habit-of-ready-and-correct/)

[Florence Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florence-nightingale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/florence-nightingale-2561_devotion_for-it-may-safely-be-said-not-that-the-h_201499.png)

> [“If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a multitude of experiences that are not meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/if-you-are-going-to-be-used-by-god-he-will-take-you-through-a/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/oswald-chambers-205_god_if-you-are-going-to-be-used-by-god-he-wi_2225260.png)

> [I had a lot of chances to do things that other people don't ever get, and I have to be content with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-ronstadt/i-had-a-lot-of-chances-to-do-things-that-other-people-don-t-ever-get/)

[Linda Ronstadt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-ronstadt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/linda-ronstadt-2836_around_i-had-a-lot-of-chances-to-do-things-that_1923465.png)

> [Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/shape-clay-into-a-vessel-it-is-the-space-within-that-makes-it-useful/)

[Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/laozi-147_benefits_shape-clay-into-a-vessel-it-is-the-space_3138271.jpg)

> [“take words and make them useful,' she told me. 'drain them of all the crappy meanings they used to mean and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-bradfield/take-words-and-make-them-useful-she-told-me-drain-them-of-all-the/)

[Scott Bradfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-bradfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/scott-bradfield-25651_inspiration_take-words-and-make-them-useful-she-told_1050428.jpg)

> [“Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub, It is the centre hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel, It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-coughter/thirty-spokes-share-the-wheel-s-hub-it-is-the-centre-hole-that-makes/)

[Peter Coughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-coughter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fde/peter-coughter-29686_usefulness_thirty-spokes-share-the-wheel-s-hub-it-i_2852985.jpg)

> [If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/if-you-are-going-to-be-used-by-god-he-will-take-you-through-a-number/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/oswald-chambers-205_hands_if-you-are-going-to-be-used-by-god-he-wi_1444207.png)

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