"It is the people who can do nothing……" — Sarah Orne Jewett
"It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses."
More Elevating Quotes
- I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to… — Jurgen Habermas
- I don't just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship. — Kobe Bryant
- We can only save ourselves through elevating our individual consciousness, by realizing there is already completeness within, and exercising as… — Bryant H. McGill
- Vedas are the most rewarding and the most elevating book which can be possible in the world. — Arthur Schopenhauer
- You can only elevate individual performance by elevating that of the entire system. — W. Edwards Deming
- Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the… — Plato
- There is a flickering spark in us all which, if struck at just the right age...can light the rest of… — Ronald Reagan
- In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has… — Arthur Schopenhauer
- We need to eliminate the existing hierarchy of subjects. Elevating some disciplines over others only reinforces outmoded assumptions of industrialism… — Ken Robinson
- There is no better way of elevating the novel than by making it into a construct which contains ideas. — Heinrich Mann
- My Prime Minister regards the economy as our highest priority and forgets that economics and ecology are derived from the… — David Suzuki
- To be proven wrong should be celebrated, for it is elevating someone to a new level of understanding, furthering awareness. — Peter Joseph