Nothing would mean anything if I didn’t live a life of use to others.

I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men’s sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all...

A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then...

I was not merely cleaning an oven; I was improving the world.

Everything comes in useful once in a hundred years.

[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.

High-quality web content that’s useful, usable, and enjoyable is one of the greatest competitive advantages you can create for yourself online.

I have a thing for things that last.

Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.

A wise man’s goal shouldn’t be to say something profound, but to say something useful.

While you are so busy trying to make yourself humble,many are persistently and quietly promoting themselves.

I think her favorite thing about our . . . collaboration was her actor and musician friends rubbing shoulders with my academic colleagues, she liked the atmosphere of challenge, the way anything that came under...

But today’s society is characterized by achievement orientation, and consequently it adores people who are successful and happy and, in particular, it adores the young. It virtually ignores the value of all those who are...

Love comes into being through useful service to others.

It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. … The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use...

Well-meaning, helpful, good-natured attitudes of mind have not come to be honored on account of their usefulness, but because they are states of richer souls that are capable of bestowing and have their value in...

I do think that art that doesn’t communicate is useless.

I was not really surprised by what he was saying. A lot of people felt that way. Especially men. There was a quantity of things that men hated. Or had no use for, as they...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Good human work honors God’s work. Good work uses no thing without respect, both for what it is in itself and for its origin. It uses neither tool nor material that it does not respect...

Don’t feel bad if your youth cannot be joyful, but at least make it useful.

It’s more useful to have someone fear you than respect you.

But the toaster was quite satisfied with itself, thank you. Though it knew from magazines that there were toasters who could toast four slices at a time, it didn’t think that the master, who lived...

I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the...

I need useful work to keep my mind occupied, but I’d like to find work where it’s…quieter.