“I expect more from my life than the opportunity to be useful to a man.” — Kim Wright Copy Share Image
Great accomplishment seems imperfect, Yet it does not outlive its usefulness. Great fullness seems empty, Yet it cannot be exhausted. — Laozi Copy Share Image
If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves; like a sun-dial… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden… — Gene Tunney Copy Share Image
And many kinds of creatures must have died, Unable to plant out new sprouts of life. For whatever you see that lives… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
I don't really follow meditation hype. But my impression is that poor studies are cited as "proof" of meditation's benefits, findings that… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Tommy moved on. "Lash, your people have been oppressed for hundreds of years. It's time to strike back. Look, you don't have… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
The truly scientific mind is altogether unafraid of the new, and while having no mercy for ideas which have served their turn… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
“Nothing is inherently tasty or repulsive—it depends on your needs. Deliciousness is simply an index of usefulness.” — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“It is the dull and elementary parts of applied mathematics, as it is the dull and elementary parts of pure mathematics, that… — G.H. Hardy Copy Share Image
Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
I am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Why is it that when people have no capacity for private usefulness they should be so anxious to serve the public? — Sara Jeannette Duncan Copy Share Image
Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. — Dan Inosanto Copy Share Image
From the greatest to the smallest, happiness and usefulness are largely found in the same soul, and the joy of life is… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The WTO has outlived its usefulness as a setting for trade negotiations. It can still be a good place to resolve disputes… — Daniel Altman Copy Share Image
The usefulness of cow-peas and soy-beans as human food has been recognized only recently in this country. — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
