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Usefulness Quotes (page 55)

It's very hard to stop doing things you're used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits. Tom Waits
...assistance will come unto you through the Holy Ghost as spiritual guidance. It is a power, beyond your own capability, that a loving Heavenly Father wants you to use consistently for your peace and happiness. Richard G. Scott
Jodi Picoult quote: "I wonder if you've got a minute."I have many minutes, all of..."
I wonder if you've got a minute."I have many minutes, all of them used toward a common purpose. Jodi Picoult
And still Meriadoc the hobbit stood there blinking through his tears, and no one spoke to him, indeed none seemed to heed him. He brushed away the tears, and stooped to pick up the green shield that Eowyn had given him, and he slung it at his back. Then he looked for his sword that he had let fall; for even as he struck his blow his arm was numbed, and now he could only use his left hand. J. R. R. Tolkien
William Shakespeare quote: "I had rather be a toad, and live upon the vapor of a dungeon,..."
I had rather be a toad, and live upon the vapor of a dungeon, than keep a corner in the thing I love for others uses. William Shakespeare
Shri Ramakrishna use to say, "As Long as I Live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death. Swami Vivekananda
Jodi Picoult quote: "She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to..."
She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else. Jodi Picoult
Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. And don't start a sentence with a conjugation. William Safire
I do not tell lies. Mother used to say that this was because I was a good person. But it is not because I am a good person. It is because I do not tell lie. Mark Haddon
Immanuel Kant quote: "Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of..."
Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment. Immanuel Kant
The body is an arrangement in spacetime, a patterning, a process; the mind is a process of the body, an organ, doing what organs do: organize. Order, pattern, connect. . . . an immensely flexible technology, or life strategy, which if used with skill and resourcefulness presents each of us with that most fascinating of all serials, The Story of My Life. Ursula K. Le Guin
In the same way that a tornado rips the roof off a double-wide trailer, leaving the occupants dazed and staring at the clouds from the splinters of what used to be their living room, it was over. Augusten Burroughs
Every accomplishment, every refined talent, every useful attainment in mathematics, music, and in all sciences, and art belong to the Saints. Brigham Young
Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him. Mahatma Gandhi
The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind no less than of the body. The child's primary business is learning. It is also the primary entertainment. To retain that orientation into adulthood, so that consciousness is not a burden but a joy, is the mark of the successfully developed human being. Nathaniel Branden

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