To Be Of Use Quotes

We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing...a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to use.

If you prepare your subconscious for highly stressful situations, you can create harmony with your fears. You can tame fear like a wild animal and use it to your advantage.

Power doesn't corrupt. It's neutral. Someone always wants to corrupt power. It's the way a shotgun is not a deadly weapon until someone chooses to use it irrationally.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

O Shepherd. You said you would make my feet like hinds' feet and set me upon High Places". "Well", he answered "the only way to develop hinds' feet is to go by the paths which the hinds use.

Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.

The real secret to guacamole is that you use exactly the elements that you need, which is cilantro, onion, tomato, and jalapenos. And, of course, avocado.

The only difference between a RICH person and a POOR person is how they use their time.

Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.

The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.

I don't use backing tapes when I am singing and dancing on stage. I can do cartwheels and sing.

The best friend on earth of man is the tree: When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources of the earth.

To make the public sentiment on the side of all that is just and true and noble is the highest use of life.

A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.

If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?

Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are.

Polyphonic prose is a kind of free verse, except that it is still freer. Polyphonic makes full use of cadence, rime, alliteration, assonance.

In waking a tiger, use a long stick.

What was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.

I am very much aware of the visual side of things. I do a lot of photography. I often take Polaroids of things that strike me as visually interesting, just to remember them and perhaps use later.

I drink a lot of Diet Coke and belch. I've been known to use the ''f'' word.

If you think, you are late. If you are late, you use strength. If you use strength you get tired. And if you get tired, you die!

Use God's mighty weapons, not those made by men, to knock down the devil's strongholds.

You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work but I've found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head is pretty much the universal language.

Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?

Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.

Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it!

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.

I will use all my strength to bring about a just society to a nation living in a tough world.

I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake colors. But always it's to show one emotion.

Knowledge increases in proportion to its use; that is, the more we teach the more we learn.

Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.

We don't back off obstacles and tough situations, we use them to make us stronger.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of your other virtues.

Nature works with five polymers. Only five polymers. In the natural world, life builds from the bottom up, and it builds in resilience and multiple uses.

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.

Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community.

The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.

Simplicity is hard to build, easy to use, and hard to charge for. Complexity is easy to build, hard to use, and easy to charge for.

Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

What commercialism has brought to Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out.

Maybe you are the "cool" generation. If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration.

Words are powerful vibrations, use words to uplift your spirits and heal yourself.

The greenest thing you could do in fashion, is to buy something great that you’re going to use for years

Integrity is better capital than money. You can accumulate it just like money, and you can use it just like money, but it goes further, and is enduring.

If I, deaf, blind, find life rich and interesting, how much more can you gain by the use of your five senses!

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps.

Leading with integrity is embracing honesty! We should always use our weaknesses to point others to Christ's strength.