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What use was her grown-up knowledge
acquired through such initiations, at such risk
in this world of infants, who had to be kept safe? — Tessa Hadley

If I use the Bible to prove I am right, I have yet to be humbled by the beautiful truths of the Bible. — Donald Miller

Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them. — Albert Schweitzer

Man was born to be rich, or to inevitably grow rich, by the use of his faculties: by the union of thought with nature. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

But to be constantly asking 'What is the use of it?' is unbecoming to those of broad vision and unworthy of free men. — Aristotle.

The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be. — Augustus William Hare

Literacy rots the brain, I'm afraid. And a rotten mind is of no use to the New Order. Sadly, there must be consequences. — James Patterson

The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel. — Marge Piercy

Customers shouldn't just think of your business as a place to buy a product or use a service - it should be a fun place to be. — Richard Branson

Hall of Love has ten thousand swords. Don't be afraid to use one. — Rumi

He smiled. The ability to drink and not grow drunk - an advantage of pewter that nobody had told him about. There had to be a way to use such a skill. — Brandon Sanderson

The use of lines of code metrics for productivity and quality studies [is] to be regarded as professional malpractice starting in 1995. — Capers Jones

The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters. — Oswald Chambers

Those times when you feel like quitting can be times of great opportunity, for God uses your troubles to help you grow. — Warren W. Wiersbe

God can enter into me, even me, and use these hands, these feet, to be His love, a love that goes on and on and on forever, endless cycle of grace. — Ann Voskamp

The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power. — Thomas Hobbes

The very names we use to describe ancient ideas or vanished forms of social organization would be quite meaningless if we had not known living men. — Marc Bloch

Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human. — Terry Gross

Since it could be done what was the use of doing it, and anyway you always have to stop doing something sometime. — Gertrude Stein

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them. — Oscar Wilde

Etiquette is a set of rules people use so they can be rude to each other in public. — Patrick Rothfuss

You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can use you to write it. — Anne Lamott

Not to mention the CIA which should be, I think, dissolved, it's of no use - a great source of mischief - I don't see any point to the FBI ... — Jerry Brown

If you're doing well, you're a target, nobody's interested in you except how you can be of use to them. — Richard Grant

Use harms and even destroys beauty. The noblest function of an object is to be contemplated. — Miguel De Unamuno

What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?. — George Bernard Shaw

It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I'm grateful to be of use. I will not be misused or abused, but I will be of use to anybody. — Maya Angelou

The benefit arising from moderate use of strong Liquor have been experienced in all Armies, and are not to be disputed. — George Washington

The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use. — Oscar Wilde

Such I hold to be the genuine use of Gunpowder: that it makes all men tall. — Thomas Carlyle

Do not worry about what words to use. Worry about why this story needs to be told and the rest will take care of itself. — Moira Katson

It is as unseeing to ask what is the use of poetry as it would be to ask what is the use of religion. — Edith Sitwell

Try to be of some use to others. — Joseph Hall

The uses of government should be to foster, protect and promote the possession of equality. — Victoria Woodhull

If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest of your life, because God uses weak people. — Rick Warren

The profound and primal cause of obesity will one day be recognized to be the use of cereal and starch foods. — Emmet Densmore

Once you cross the threshold of 30 plus years of marriage you soon realize that what use to be two is now merging into one. — Jonah Books

Next to the wonder of seeing my Savior will be, I think, the wonder that I made so little use of the power of prayer. — Dwight L. Moody

When you will use the power of love to win the hearts and mind, you will be happy. — Debasish Mridha

One of the first signs of a self-destructing aboriginal culture always seems to be an increase in the use of drugs and intoxicants, — David Weber

My wife and I use a lot of garlic and rosemary with roast lamb. It has to be New Zealand lamb. The domestic variety is too gamy, in my experience. — Alfred Molina

If you want to be of use to God, get rightly related to Jesus Christ and He will make you of use unconsciously every minute you live. — Oswald Chambers

I don't like to be negative about math because it really teaches you a lot of great things. You kind of use math every day. — Madison Davenport

If you refuse to use physical force, then you will be at the mercy of your oppressor! — Segun Magbagbeola

Seeing how easy it has been to use Twitter for good has exposed the double-edged sword of how easy it could be to co-opt. — Rachel Sklar

Love is simply too strong a word to be of much use in ordinary, day-to-day relationships. Love is for Romeo and Juliet. — Kurt Vonnegut

It was I, no less solitary than he but having made the lesser use of the morning, who was to be pitied. — Teju Cole

The 20th century was the time when the world turned to use of fossil fuels and the 21st century will be the century of the renewables. — Lester R. Brown

My favorite part of my body is my brain. I think no matter what my body looks like I wont be satisfied unless I know how to use it. — Michelle Rodriguez

I need there to be documentary photographers, because my work is meta-documentary; it is a commentary about the documentary use of photography. — Joan Fontcuberta

To be of use in even a single burst of flame and sound is worth more than a lifetime of achieving nothing. — Brandon Sanderson

But it's no use now," thought poor Alice, "to pretend to be two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person! — Lewis Carroll

Think of the poorest person you know and see if your next act will be of any use to him. — Mahatma Gandhi

If ever my life can be of any use to you, come and claim it. — Anton Chekhov

So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use. — Victor Hugo

Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which
Men are and ought to be accountable,
If not to Thee, to those they influence. — Philip James Bailey

If you want to make better use of your time, you need to be looking for the small increments of time ... a minute here, five minutes there, etc. — David Cottrell

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power. — Tryon Edwards

It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate. — Luc De Clapiers

Logic is the art of thinking well: the mind, like the body, requires to be trained before it can use its powers in the most advantageous way. — Henry Home, Lord Kames

There's one consolation," said Bee. "We're all used up. We'll never be of any use to him again. — Kurt Vonnegut

Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them — John Locke

I am a post-mastectomy woman who believes our feelings need voice in order to be recognized, respected, and of use. — Audre Lorde

It would be contrary to the spirit of the American Government to use force to subjugate the South. — William H. Seward

Power has an important limitation. It has to be seen as legitimate, or else its use has the opposite of its intended effect. — Malcolm Gladwell

Those.. we use to abuse in front of others..
somewhere deep inside.. we wish to be like them.. — Lovely Goyal

I like my use of light to be openly situational in the sense that there is no invitation to meditate, to contemplate. — Dan Flavin

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. — Samuel Johnson

As more people use social media to tell the story of the future, the wants and needs of more people will be reflected. — Simon Mainwaring

To be cold and incapable of pity is one thing; to have compassion and use it only when it's convenient is nothing less than evil. — Stacey Jay

'The Graduate' must be the best use of songs ever in a movie; it adds a layer to the movie you wouldn't ever get from a score. — Hans Zimmer

We want to get full value out of labour so that we may be able to pay it full value. It is use - not conservation - that interests us. — Henry Ford

I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell. — Jean Rostand

I am sensitive soul; I feel with the moon,
I use to be judged for my indifference, now I see their all just hiding behind false truths. — Nikki Rowe

Sometimes I'm ancient. I'm afraid of children my own age. They kill each other. Did it always use to be that way? — Ray Bradbury

It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Tonight was definitely an eye opener, but a reminder of how I use to be & why. Self discovery happens at such random times. — April Mae Monterrosa

Drawing is something I do on the side, I like to see it be of use at times. — Coeur De Pirate

Use lots of exclamation points. They love to be overused. — SARK

Satan will try to use our memory of any previous guilt to lure us back ... We must be ever vigilant to avoid his enticements — Richard G. Scott

What is the use of being a little boy if you are growing up to be a man. — Gertrude Stein

The greatest good [a man] can do is to cultivate himself in order that he may be of greater use to humanity. — Marshall Field

Divides into three classes,
things to be enjoyed, things to be used, and things which use and enjoy. — Augustine Of Hippo

Wouldn't it be great if the technology we used to take care of ourselves was as good as the technology we use to make money? — James Heywood

Or it can be the reason we use to justify our anger and the sharp tones in our voices for the rest of our lives. — Shauna Niequist

There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy. For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again. — C.S. Lewis

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them. — Woodrow Wilson

Of what use, educationally speaking, is it to be able to see the end in the beginning? — John Dewey

The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking. — Wendell Berry

A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use. — Pope John Paul II

It is the one who does what God commands to whom God can entrust His work, whom God can use to be a type of savior to others. — Andrew Murray

The principal sources of human misery may fairly be said to lie in the over-possession, under-possession, and the unwise use of economic goods. — Georgia Harkness

But as long as negativity is there, use it. Use it as a kind of signal that reminds you to be more present. — Eckhart Tolle

You already have everything to be the best you can be inside of you. What are you waiting for to use it? — Bruno LoGreco

There was a lot to be said for the job of assistant section leader - when you come right to it, it's a lot easier to die than it is to use your head. — Robert A. Heinlein

What will be the good of the conquest of leisure and health, if no one remembers how to use them? — Bertrand Russell

What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well half an hour? — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pure mathematics, may it never be of any use to anyone. — Henry John Stephen Smith

You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens. — David Bailey