Benefits Quotes
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Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last is bestowing them to the benefit of others that need. The first without the last begets covetousness; the last without the first begets prodigality.
William Penn -
For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more.
Sophocles
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It's important not to overstate the benefits of ideas. Quite frankly, I know it's kind of a romantic notion that you're just going to have this one brilliant idea and then everything is going to be great. But the fact is that coming up with an idea is the least important part of creating something great. It has to be the right idea and have good taste, but the execution and delivery are what's key.
Sergey Brin -
We are surrounded by God’s benefits. The best use of these benefits is an unceasing expression of gratitude.
John Calvin -
I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness.
Banana Yoshimoto -
We find in most of Western countries slow economic growth, which means that jobs are being created slowly and that generous social benefits systems developed in the 1960s and 1970s are often unaffordable. So in one way or another, all of these countries face this problem.
Peter Hall -
Maybe this Watergate is like the Old Testament. It was visited upon us and maybe were going to benefit from it.
Nelson Rockefeller -
Co-creation is much more work than writing somewhere in a hidden corner and then publishing your content. However, the benefits outweigh the costs.
Alexander Osterwalder
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I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
Maya Angelou -
With every adversity there is a seed of an equivalent or greater benefit for those who are motivated with positive mental attitude to become achievers.
W. Clement Stone -
The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.
Sanford I. Weill -
Consequently, heretics and schismatics, separated from the unity of this Body, are able to receive the same Sacrament, but with no benefit to themselves; indeed, more to their own harm, in that they are judged the more severely rather than being liberated.
Saint Augustine -
On my view there is no net benefit to coming into existence and thus coming into existence is never worth its costs.
David Benatar -
It became clear to me that the power was shifting from the artist to the songwriter, But the songwriters weren’t in a position to reap the benefits.
Merck Mercuriadis
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... the benefit arising from moderate use of strong Liquor have been experienced in all Armies, and are not to be disputed.
George Washington -
One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.
Kingsley Amis -
The safest course was actually the simplest-do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.
Jasper Fforde -
The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan -
We can look forward to some real benefits.
Charlie Daniels -
Benefit your friends; make sure your enemies suffer from being your enemies.
Louie Gohmert
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Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks.
Bill Vaughan -
The money from Iraqi oil will be yours - it will no longer be used by Saddam Hussein for his own benefit.
Tony Blair -
When you pay social security taxes, you are in no way making provision for your own retirement. You are paying the pensions of those who are already retired. Once you understand this, you see that whether you will get the benefits you are counting on when you retire depends on whether Congress will levy enough taxes, borrow enough, or print enough money.
W. Allen Wallis -
Low and stable inflation in many countries is an important accomplishment that will continue to bring significant benefits.
Ben Bernanke