Quotes about Being Useful

My problem is how to find the best way of being useful. Votes: 5

There is the joy of being healthy and fair, but there is overall the beauty, the immense joy of being useful. Votes: 5

The usefulness of science is sometimes exaggerated. You'd never talk about music being useful or art being useful. Votes: 4

You can make clothing as art, but I like the idea of my clothes actually being worn and being useful to women. Votes: 4

Whether it's veterans' disability claims, infrastructure projects, dam safety, or helping our farmers, what I am focused on is being useful for folks in the Hudson Valley. Votes: 4

Stop trying to be amazing and start being useful. Votes: 3

It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless. Votes: 3

All companies would be better off if they stopped trying to be amazing and just focused on being useful. Votes: 3

I never allow of any difficulties. The great secret of being useful and successful is to admit of no difficulties. Votes: 3

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose. Votes: 3

I am never weary of being useful... In serving others I cannot do enough. No labor is sufficient to tire me. Votes: 3

I can't help but note that God is being useful to a lot of people trying to do harm to one another. Votes: 3

If you wish to enjoy a position, find ways of being useful, hard working and cooperative with the people whose favour has given you the position Votes: 3

Whether its veterans disability claims, infrastructure projects, dam safety, or helping our farmers, what I am focused on is being useful for folks in the Hudson Valley. Votes: 3

The curious fascination in this job [U.S. representative] is the illusion that either you are being useful or you could be -- and that's so tempting. Votes: 3

It is evident, then, that there is a sort of education in which parents should train their sons, not as being useful or necessary, but because it is liberal or noble. Votes: 3

You should write, write, write every day, and learn to edit and pare it right back so you're proud of every sentence, and each one is either being useful or beautiful, but hopefully both. Votes: 3

Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all. Votes: 3

Every combination of two or more human beings has both a useful aspect and a political aspect. Votes: 2

When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance. Votes: 2

I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. Votes: 2

Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact. Votes: 2

Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent. Votes: 2

Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed. Votes: 2

In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art. Votes: 2

Twitter and Facebook are brilliant tools, the journalistic uses of which are still being plumbed. They are great for disseminating interesting material. They are useful for gathering information, including from places that are inaccessible. Votes: 2

Habits like blogging often and regularly, writing down the way you think, being clear about what you think are effective tactics, ignoring the burbling crowd and not eating bacon. All of these are useful habits. Votes: 2

I think the gay - the gay/straight alliances in the school are very useful as far as creating understanding among kids and so kids aren't necessarily so stigmatized or demonized for being who they really are. Votes: 2

I think there are many in the Democratic Party that want immigration to be unsolved issue at least for the time being, because it's more useful as a campaign issue than it is as a solved issue. Votes: 2

That being said, I often write into recipes techniques I learned in the restaurant kitchen. There are ways of organizing your prep and so on that are immensely useful. Those are woven into all the recipes I do. Votes: 2

Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. It's the only way that I can do anything, even if I'm quite useless. It's the only area in being human where I could be a little useful. Votes: 2

The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind. Votes: 2

Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so you have something original and useful to say. Say it in a way that will interest someone other than you, your family and your sources. Votes: 2

I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things. Votes: 2

I like being mistaken for someone useful. Votes: 0

Love comes into being through useful service to others. Votes: 0

Knowing what you don't know is more useful than being brilliant. Votes: 0

It is conceivable that religion may be morally useful without being intellectually sustainable. Votes: 0

Being a useful man has always seemed to me to be something truly hideous. Votes: 0

I have enough trouble with useful information, never mind being burdened with what is useless. Votes: 0

Do not focus on being happy, focus on doing something useful; afterwards, happiness will flow towards you! Votes: 0

There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful--many more. Votes: 0

Humour ended up being a really useful skill when it came time to be an international television celebrity. Votes: 0

Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants. Votes: 0

She's got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine her being mildly useful to a low-rank porn director. Votes: 0

The idea of thinking of our relationships with people as also being structured by limitations and constraints can be useful. Votes: 0

There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they're useful to you and being someone's friend. Votes: 0

A man's ignorance sometimes is not only useful, but beautiful-while his knowledge, so called, is oftentimes worse than useless, besides being ugly. Votes: 0

Style, in its finest sense, is the last acquirement of the educated mind; it is also the most useful. It pervades the whole being. Votes: 0

When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful. Votes: 0

Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed Votes: 0

Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul. Votes: 0

Diogenes said once to a person who was showing him a dial, "It is a very useful thing to save a man from being too late for supper. Votes: 0

Useful men, who do useful things, don't mind being treated as useless. But the useless always judge themselves as being important and hide all their incompetence behind authority. Votes: 0