usefulness quotes

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts. A numerous class of men are painfully astonished whenever they find anything, living or dead, in all God’s universe, which they cannot eat or render in some way what they call useful to themselves.

To be in any way a positive contribution, that’s all anybody wants to be. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you’ve been of use, in whatever way that comes out.

To despise no opportunity of usefulness is a leading rule with those who are wise to win souls.

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

My interest in creating anything is that it be useful.

Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.