Helpful Quotes - Page 36

• Instead of asking, 'What should a woman do—what is her role?' it would be far more helpful to ask, 'What is a woman—what is her design?' and, 'Why did God place Woman in our midst?

  John Eldredge

  Design, Would Be, Roles

  John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge (2011). “Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul”, p.20, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It may be possible through detachment, to gain knowledge that is 'useful;' but only through participation is it possible to gain the knowledge that is helpful.

  Harry Stack Sullivan

  Sports, May, Gains

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• Ask yourself: Does the action I am considering have any potential for dealing with the wrong and helping the relationship? And is it best for the person at whom I am angry? The two most constructive options are either to confront the person in a helpful way, or to consciously decide to overlook the matter.

  Gary Chapman

  Two, Doe, Matter

  Gary Chapman (2015). “Anger: Taming a Powerful Emotion”, p.43, Moody Publishers

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• I am an excellent eviscerator of chickens… a helpful skill in Congress.

  Chellie Pingree

  Skills, Excellent, Chickens

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• I'd say that that is a challenge, but it also is, again, it's helpful. It's helpful to have the discipline of, okay, I'm doing, I'm doing something that's quite precise over here, working the puppet, and I'm doing something that's very imprecise and creative and unleashed over here, which is the comedy side. And it's kind of nice to allow your brain to be doing those two things at once.

  Brian Henson

  Nice, Two, Discipline

  Source: bigthink.com

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• If you find something helpful to give you a hand, allow it to assist you, hands down!

  Julie Hebert

  Helping Others, Hands, Giving

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• If Christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be; if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all

  C. S. Lewis

  Believe, Men, Giving

  C. S. Lewis (2014). “God in the Dock”, p.109, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Honesty, World, Situation

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• More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

  George Eliot

  Wisdom, Simple, Compassion

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.1272, Wordsworth Editions

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• I think therapy is a helpful thing. I think everyone knows it. You do it for your life, you do it for yourself, because you want to explore some things, and get at the bottom of some things. It's about your life, the quality of your life.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Thinking, Quality, Want

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• My mom said I was a handful. Now I'm helpful.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Mom, Said, Handful

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• Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Life, Differences

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• When you choose to view your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage.

  Kelly McGonigal

  Stress, Views, Biology

  "How to make stress your friend". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June 2013.

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• Expect to succeed even before you start. All winners, no matter what their game, start with the expectations that they are going to succeed. Winners say, "I want to do this and I CAN do this", not "I would like to do this, but I don't think I can."

  Denis Waitley

  Motivational, Thinking, Games

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• You can't please everyone, so proudly exclude people.

  Derek Sivers

  People, Marketing, Please

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.8, Penguin

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• I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others by sharing her emotion. That's what I do, too, so I think that's a great comparison.

  Erykah Badu

  Beautiful, Holiday, Helping Others

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• It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing.

  Pema Chodron

  Wisdom, Inspiration, Meditation Practice

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.28, Shambhala Publications

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• We need to tell people not to be helpful. Trying to be helpful and giving advise are really ways to control others. ... Advice, recommendations, and obvious actions are exactly what increase the likelihood that tomorrow will be just like yesterday.

  Peter Block

  Learning, Knowledge, Yesterday

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• It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and easily digested... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Coffee, People, Chocolate

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (2009). “The Physiology of Taste: or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy”, p.120, Vintage

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• There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everyone go along to get along, but that’s not going to be very helpful for us in the long run in terms of solving our problems, and someone has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to the bullies.

  Benjamin Carson

  Running, Courage, Long

  "Dr. Ben Carson: ‘Someone Has to Be Courageous Enough to Actually Stand Up to The Bullies’" by Nathaniel Botwinick, www.nationalreview.com. February 12, 2013.

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• My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

  Richard Branson

  Philosophy, New Ventures, Marketing

  The Sunday Mirror Interview, January 16, 2000.

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• There's only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing. Sometimes you can avoid a traffic violation. But the only time it really matters is in the emergency room with your kids. That's when you want to be noticed, because it's very easy to get forgotten in an ER.

  Bill Murray

  Couple, Kids, Kitchen

  "Bill Murray: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. May 23, 2012.

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• Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.

  Russell Simmons

  People, Helping, Judgment

  FaceBook post by Russell Simmons from Oct 25, 2014

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• I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

  Kevin Spacey

  Responsibility, Break Through, Giving

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• It's about using the right tools, with the right triggers, within a proper marketing framework

  Vishen Lakhiani

  Marketing, Tools, Triggers

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