Usefulness Quotes

180 Usefulness quotes by 152 unique authors

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness. — Liberty Hyde Bailey
It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental… — Peter Agre
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little… — Charles Simmons
Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Education is the only business still debating the usefulness of technology. — Rod Paige
The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness. — Bruce Lee
Once renunciation and the awakened mind have been fully realized, the way to Buddhahood is clear. Liberation is complete and such liberated beings are then… — Maura O'Halloran
From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral distinctions arise from… — David Hume
OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an "old man". Discredited by lapse of time and offensive… — Ambrose Bierce
The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present. — Lane Kirkland
Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when just to keep body and… — Frances Perkins
Any idol, regardless of its beauty or usefulness or original purpose, is to be set aside so that Christ might reign supreme, without a single… — Charles R. Swindoll
If you're not doing something with your life, then it doesn’t matter how long you live. If you're doing something with your life, then it… — John C. Maxwell
In the early West, law and politics were parallel roads to usefulness as well as distinction. — John George Nicolay
Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful. Stop for a moment and let that sink in. We’re so used to evaluating everything (and… — Stasi Eldredge
God does not discipline us to subdue us, but to condition us for a life of usefulness and blessedness. — Billy Graham
I am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the lives of others,… — Oswald Chambers
Happiness is normally the prime search of every rational human being. One way to derive increasing happiness during the year we have just entered is… — B. C. Forbes
The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten… — Noah Webster
History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public; the advantage of a religious… — Benjamin Franklin
[I believe] that animals have a worth in and of themselves, and that they are not inferior to human beings but rather just different from… — Ingrid Newkirk
To image the being of God towards the world, to be the priest of creation, is to behave towards the world in all its aspects,… — Colin Gunton
In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness. — Henri Nouwen
If we estimate dignity by immediate usefulness, agriculture is undoubtedly the first and noblest science. — Samuel Johnson
Good design emphasises the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it. — Dieter Rams

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