Useful Quotes

1790 Useful quotes by 1250 unique authors

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person. — Chanakya
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. — James Allen
I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. — Lee Child
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a… — Ted Allen
Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful,… — William J. Clinton
Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation. — Stephen Ambrose
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. — Henri Frederic Amiel
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. — Henri Frederic Amiel
The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue. — Antisthenes
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher. — Lucretius
It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that… — Henry Ward Beecher
The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the… — George Washington
It is important to go into work you would like to do. Then it doesn't seem like work. You sometimes feel it's almost too good… — Gertrude B. Elion
So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that… — John Quincy Adams
A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy. — Rumer Godden
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

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