Useful Quotes

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A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
The Four Oaths: Never be late with respect to the way of the warrior; be useful to the lord; be respectful to your parents; get… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. — Christian Lous Lange
If I could be useful to another human being, even for a day, that would be a great thing. It would be greater than all… — Muhammad Yunus
Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil… — Thomas Jefferson
the study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. it qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his… — Thomas Jefferson
I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of science, useful at this day,… — Thomas Jefferson
Drawing ... is an innocent & engaging amusement, often useful, and a qualification not to be neglected in one who is to become a mother… — Thomas Jefferson
Chance... in the accommodation peculiar to sensorimotor intelligence, plays the same role as in scientific discovery. It is only useful to the genius and its… — Jean Piaget
An authentic response to who God is and what He's done...What we do is useful to the extent that it provides an ability for our… — Crowder
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully guard against the growing into… — William James
The great tragedy is that they're removing art completely, not because they're putting more science in, but because they can't afford the art teachers or… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed… — George Washington
A useful definition of liberty is obtained only by seeking the principle of liberty in the main business of human life, that is to say,… — Walter Lippmann
Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. — Joseph Addison
A most useful approach to meditation practice is to consider it the most important activity of each day. Shedule it as you would an extremely… — Roy Davis
Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Gardening is the only unquestionably useful job. — George Bernard Shaw
He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point . — Horace

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