Helpful Quotes - Page 5

• It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai

  Randy Pausch

  Tomorrow, Ifs

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.158, Hachette UK

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• Redd stared at the bald head bent down before her. How refreshing Vollrath's sacrifice was. He didn't beg for his life. He didn't embarrasss himself with groveling or sniveling, or appeals to her nomexistent mercy. Thinking that he might still be helpful in finding her Looking Glass Maze, she said, "I'm feeling generous today. You get to live.

  Frank Beddor

  Sacrifice, Thinking, Glasses

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• One doesn’t become a witch to run around being helpful either…. It’s to escape all that – to have a life of one’s own, not an existence doled out to you by others, charitable refuse of their thoughts, so many ounces of stale bread of life a day.

  Sylvia Townsend Warner

  Running, Bread Of Life, Witch

  Sylvia Townsend Warner (1926). “Lolly Willowes; or, the loving huntsman”

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• You let him go alone? (Kat) Well, given the fact that it was in this time zone and there’s a little thing outside called the sun...yeah. Burnt-up Daimon wouldn’t be helpful to nobody, least of all me and my tailor. (Damien)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Time Zones, Littles, Tailors

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2007). “Devil May Cry: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.284, Macmillan

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• You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out.

  Fran Drescher

  Positive, Thinking, Talking

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• Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Running, Teenager

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• Give them quality. That's the best kind of advertising.

  Milton S. Hershey

  Business, Successful, Giving

  Interview with Abe Heilman; Paul Wallace Research Collection, Accession 97004, Box 2, Folder 24; Hershey Community Archives, Hershey, PA, USA, 1953.

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• Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

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• Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to "'clean'" it, and suddenly you can't find anything?

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Clean, Persons

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

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• But privately when things got very bad I often looked into books to see whether I could find some helpful words, and one day I read, "The forgiveness of sins is perpetual and righteousness first is not required." This impressed me so deeply that I went around saying it to myself. But then I forgot which book it was.

  Saul Bellow

  Book, One Day, Firsts

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• It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper.

  Gail Carson Levine

  Way, Behave, Knows

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• She tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn't offer any helpful excuses when she was berating herself for never knowing what to say to people. There was nothing more depressing than an ugly girl with no personality.

  Julia Quinn

  Girl, Depressing, Knowing

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• But the thing I’m finding out is some people don’t really appreciate it when you’r trying to be helpful.

  Jeff Kinney

  People, Appreciate, Trying

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• Stuart, who had just witnessed me go through an entire rainbow of emotions and experiences. There was parents-have-just-been-jailed me, stuck-in-a-strange-town me, insane-and-can't-shut-up me, kind-of-snarky-to-the-strange-guy-trying-to-be-helpful me, breakup me, and the extremely popular jump-on-top-of-you-unexpectedly me.

  Maureen Johnson

  Breakup, Rainbow, Guy

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• I once donated a pint of my finest red corpuscles to the great American Red Cross and the doctor opined my blood was very helpful; contained so much alcohol they could use it to sterilize their instruments.

  W. C. Fields

  Drinking, Doctors, Blood

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• A life that stood out as a gospel of self-forgetting service. He could have added fortune to fame but caring for neither he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world. The centre of his world was the south where he was born in slavery some 79 years ago and where he did his work as a creative scientist.

  George Washington Carver

  Caring, Science, Self

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• Once in a while, Jimmy would make up a word but he never once got caught out. ... He should have been pleased by his success with these verbal fabrications, but instead he was depressed by it. The memos telling him he'd done a good job meant nothing to him; all they proved was that no one was capable of appreciating how clever he had been. He came to understand why serial killers sent helpful clues to the police.

  Margaret Atwood

  Jobs, Clever, Should Have

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• The more you meditate, the more helpful you can be to others, and the more deeply you will be in tune with God.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Yoga, Tunes

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• We live in an era when rapid change breeds fear, and fear too often congeals us into a rigidity which we mistake for stability.

  Lynn Townsend White, Jr.

  Motivational, Change, Mistake

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• To be a true hero you must be a true Christian. To sum up then, heroism is largely based on two qualities- truthfulness and unselfishness, a readiness to put one's own pleasures aside for that of others, to be courteous to all, kind to those younger than yourself, helpful to your parents, even if helpfulness demands some slight sacrifice of your own pleasure. . .you must remember that these two qualities are the signs of Christian heroism.

  G.A. Henty

  Christian, Hero, Sacrifice

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• Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful.

  Walter Huston

  Mean, Aging

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• Um," Doc said in a mild voice, "medically speaking, I'm not sure that was the most helpful thing for his condition." "But I feel better," Jared answered, sullen. Doc smiled the tiniest smile. "Well, maybe a few more minutes of unconsciousness won't kill him.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Feel Better, Voice, Sullen

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• What if I arrange to be around Lord Akeldama during the full moon?” The earl looked daggers. “I am certain he would be extremely helpful in a fight. He could ruthlessly flatter all your attackers into abject submission.

  Gail Carriger

  Fighting, Moon, What If

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• Perhaps to some extent we have lost sight of the fact that LSD can be very, very helpful in our society if used properly.

  Robert Kennedy

  Sight, Our Society, Facts

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• Gods tend to be selfish. Even when they're helpful, they always have their own motives. That's why you have to be careful about trusting them.

  Rick Riordan

  Selfish, Be Careful, Motive

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