Necessary Use Quotes

• Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

  Francis of Assisi

  Love, God, Christian

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• It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.

  Francis of Assisi

  Leadership, Faith, Spiritual

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• actions speak louder than words

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Inspirational, Suicide, Wisdom

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.659, Simon and Schuster

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• Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!

  Francis of Assisi

  Faith, Christian, Spiritual

  Attributed to Francis of Assisi in Alf Droy "The Lord is my Shepherd" (p. 84), 1999.

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• Men in Government monopolize the necessary use of force; they are not using their energies productively; they are not milking cows. To get butter, they must use guns; they have nothing else to use.

  Rose Wilder Lane

  Gun, Men, Energy

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• Dancing serves no necessary use, no profitable, laudable, or pious end at all. It is only from the inbred pravity, vanity, wantonness, incontinency, pride, profaneness, or madness of man's depraved nature.

  William Prynne

  Dance, Pride, Men

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• In a world characterized by loneliness and despair, we can reach out in love to those around us. Or, as St. Francis once said, we can "preach the gospel all the time; if necessary, use words."

  Phil Callaway

  Love, Christian, Loneliness

  Phil Callaway (2009). “Making Life Rich Without Any Money”, p.197, Harvest House Publishers

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• One of the greatest sermons ever pronounced on missionary work is this simple thought attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi: “Preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words.” Opportunities to do so are all around us. Do not miss them by waiting too long on the road to Damascus.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Opportunity, Simple, Long

  "Waiting on the Road to Damascus". Dieter F. Uchtdorf's address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 2011.

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• I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use. It is only from the various essays of experimental industry, and the vague excursions of mind set upon discovery, that any advancement of knowledge can be expected; and though many must be disappointed in their labours, yet they are not to be charged with having spent their time in vain; their example contributed to inspire emulation, and their miscarriage taught others the way to success.

  Samuel Johnson

  Art, Miscarriage, Discovery

  Samuel Johnson (1889). “Select Essays”

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• When the toll upon carriages of luxury, upon coaches, post-chaises, etc. is made somewhat higher in proportion to their weight, than upon carriages of necessary use, such as carts, wagons, etc. the indolence and vanity of the rich is made to contribute in a very easy manner to the relief of the poor, by rendering cheaper the transportation of heavy goods to all the different parts of the country.

  Adam Smith

  Country, Luxury, Vanity

  Adam Smith, John Ramsay McCulloch (1870). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”

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