Beneficial Quotes - Page 11

• Hope is the most beneficial of all the affections, and doth much to the prolongation of life.

  Francis Bacon

  Anticipation, Affection

  Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1844). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author”, p.495

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• Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Buddhist

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• Love is a simple practice yet it is very beneficial for the individual who practices it as well as for the community in which he lives, for the nation, and for the whole world

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Simple, Practice

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• Best way to get away from negative feelings and emotions is to involve ourselves without getting involved. It comes by practice and is beneficial for our health; be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.

  Mahesh Babu

  Spiritual, Emotional, Practice

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• Every man's occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly.

  P. T. Barnum

  Men, Vanity, Fellow Man

  P.T. BARNUM (1866). “THE HUMBUGS OF THE WORLD”, p.220

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• The Chinese side stands ready to work with Morocco to consolidate and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and continuously push forward the development of Sino-Moroccan ties in the spirit of boosting understanding, broadening cooperation for common development.

  Wu Bangguo

  Ties, Understanding, Chinese

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• And it’s not just that ‘we all need somebody to lean on’; recent work on giving support shows that caring for others is often more beneficial than is receiving help. . . . We need the give and the take, we need to belong. An ideology of extreme personal freedom can be dangerous because it encourages people to leave homes, jobs, cities and marriages in search of personal and professional fulfillment, thereby breaking the relationships that were probably their best hope for such fulfillment.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Jobs, Home, Caring

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• The child plays at being an adult long before he is one, and so you can play with more desirable beliefs while you are still growing into that more beneficial picture.

  Seth Roberts

  Children, Play, Long

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• I am convinced that a calm, quiet and harmonious interior can be as beneficial to health as a sensible diet and regular exercise

  Kelly Hoppen

  Exercise, Calm, Quiet

  FaceBook post by Kelly Hoppen from Sep 20, 2013

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• I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science. All beliefs not in such contradiction may be considered as faith. Whether faith in a particular belief is beneficial or not is another matter.

  Alan Lightman

  May, Matter, Determined

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• I don't think peroxide-blond hair is a beneficial look for me.

  Michael Fassbender

  Thinking, Hair, Looks

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• The advice I would give to girls from Eastern backgrounds who are interested in the arts is that it is always beneficial to get your academic studies out of the way before going into the competitive world of the arts.

  Nadia Ali

  Girl, Art, Giving

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• Each of us has a purpose for living beyond our own survival and pleasure. Every individual is like a thread in a beautiful tapestry with a vital contribution to make, not only to the sustenance of life as we know it, but in the creation and development of more beneficial expressions of life.

  John Templeton

  Beautiful, Expression, Survival

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• If you invest and don't diversify, you're literally throwing out money. People don't realize that diversification is beneficial even if it reduces your return. Why? Because it reduces your risk even more. Therefore, if you diversify and then use margin to increase your leverage to a risk level equivalent to that of a nondiversified position, your return will probably be greater.

  Jeff Yass

  People, Risk, Use

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• The body needs the rejuvenation that comes from exercise. Walking in the fresh air can be exhilarating and refreshing. Properly directed running can also have some beneficial effects. Simple sit-ups or sports activities can also be helpful.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Sports, Running, Exercise

  Ezra Taft Benson (1983). “Come unto Christ”, Deseret Book Co

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• Architecture must concern itself continually with the socially beneficial distortion of the environment.

  Cedric Price

  Architecture, Environment, Distortion

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• I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious men eligible to office, irrespective of former party opinions, who will endeavour to make the new constitutions and the laws passed under them as beneficial as possible to the true interests, prosperity, and liberty of all classes and conditions of the people.

  Robert E. Lee

  Party, Intelligent, Men

  Robert E. Lee, Ben Wynne (2004). “Recollections and Letters”, p.241, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.

  Solon

  Religion, Legislation, Wells

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• By all means attend to your duties. Action, in which you are not emotionally involved and which is beneficial and does not cause suffering will not bind you. You may be engaged in several directions and work with enormous zest, yet remain inwardly free and quiet, with a mirror like mind, which reflects all, without being affected.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Freedom, Mean, Mirrors

  "I Am That" by Nisargadatta Maharaj, p. 50, 1973.

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• Don’t burden others with your expectations. Understanding their limitations can inspire compassion instead of disappointment, ensuring beneficial and workable relationships. Remember that you have only a short time together. Be grateful for each day you share.

  Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

  Relationship, Disappointment, Grateful

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• Absolute green is the most restful color, lacking any undertone of joy, grief, or passion. On exhausted men this restfulness has a beneficial effect, but after a time it becomes tedious.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Grief, Passion, Men

  Wassily Kandinsky (1970). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art: And Painting in Particular”

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• There's always SOMEONE in support as long as he can be assured or he himself feels confident of getting, in return, SOMETHING beneficial of any sort.

  Anuj

  Long, Support, Return

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  People will love you and support you when it's beneficial.

  Nicki Minaj

  Love You, Support You, People

  Song: Pills N Potions, Album: The Pinkprint, 2014

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• I realize that having a style would be very beneficial for my practice from a marketing standpoint, but I can't do it. I believe my responsibilities as an architect are to design the most appropriate building for the place. Each place has a distinct culture and function, which for me requires an appropriate answer.

  Cesar Pelli

  Believe, Responsibility, Practice

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• A Student is the most important person ever in this school...in person, on the telephone, or by mail.
  A Student is not dependent on us...we are dependent on the Student.
  A Student is not an interruption of our work..the Studenti s the purpose of it. We are not doing a favor by serving the Student...the Student is doing us a favor by giving us the opportunity to do so.
  A Student is a person who brings us his or her desire to learn. It is our job to handle each Student in a manner which is beneficial to the Student and ourselves.

  William Watson Purkey

  Education, Jobs, School

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