Benefit Quotes

“The feeling that the government should “do something” has seldom been based on a comparison of what actually happens when government does and when it does not “do something.”
― Thomas Sowell, Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One

“A person who tries has an advantage over the person who wishes.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom

“The source of disease is fear. Clear yourself totally from fear. When you have fear, your mind will become brittle. Fear and guilt can also destroy you like an enemy. The more you resist the more they persist. Like in martial arts, do not resist them, observe your opponent’s strength and use it to your benefit to win over them.”
― Raju Ramanathan, Souls from Mercury: Chakra Magic: Empowering Relationships

“The only benefit of fear is to be afraid when everyone else are getting too greedy.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“No one is going to save the world by hating other people. That’s not to say we shouldn’t be angry about all the wrongdoing. Anger, however, is not the same as hate, though people often equate the two. Anger can be channeled into positive action, as a force for good. When our hearts are in the right place, we are working for the benefit of all humanity.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves The World: A Message of Hope in a Time of Crisis

“What use is a power to read the heavens if it cannot be turned to your own benefit?”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun

“Hungry, we are hungry for the whole world.
We are like the small fish in the sea,
the ones who swim into the mouths of larger ones
to take what's there.”
― Linda Hogan, The Book of Medicines

“A good deed has to do with the results, altruism with the intentions. The good deed is, of course, what matters for the person in need or for society. After all pure altruism is rare and without a kind of benefit for the benefactor – even if that is just a pleasant feeling – charity would be almost impossible.”
― Giannis Delimitsos, A PHILOSOPHICAL KALEIDOSCOPE: Thoughts, Contemplations, Aphorisms

“The Workers Compensation system for occupational diseases is ran by scallywags for the benefit of scallywags.”
― Steven Magee

“He assured me that greater structure would benefit my energetic soul.”
― Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

“We are born and we die, and in between some of us will get the chance to change the direction of society for the benefit of the next generation.”
― Steven Magee

“If you seek to ever redefine the meaning of words to your benefit you are trying redefine speech and thus limit opposing thought, those who do so are censors and tyrants who should be opposed at every turn.”
― C.A.A. Savastano

“The benefit and danger of a democratic system of government is that anyone can win. Losing is one of the intrinsic chances you take by letting all people have a voice.”
― C.A.A. Savastano

“With the benefit of hindsight, I formed the opinion that professional astronomers viewed their high altitude workers as disposable.”
― Steven Magee

“You say There are persons who have no money, and you turn to the law. But the law is not a breast that fills itself with milk.”
― Frederick Bastiat

“Get used to that uncomfortable feeling that arises when you discover that perhaps your privilege is hindering your ability to truly understand or address an issue. Get used to that pang of guilt that comes with realizing yet another area of life where you've benefited at the expense of others. It will not kill you. You can withstand it . . . listen and learn.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“Not all trees bear green leaves yet in their diversity, they are all beneficial because of their oxygen and more. We may also differ but this shouldn’t be a reason to not be beneficial to each other.”
― Bruce Mbanzabugabo

“A powerful leader knows how to take the fall for the benefit of his followers. He can never shift any blame because he knows the dynamics of being a prominent figure.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

“Leadership requires one to make decisions that may not be liked by everyone, but great leaders always ensure that the choices they make will benefit anyone.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

“The criteria for being an armchair quarterback is that you don’t need any. The benefit of being an armchair quarterback is that there isn’t any. And the outcome of being an armchair quarterback is that you’ll eventually wear out a bunch of chairs and a whole lot of people.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“You’ve probably experienced overthinking when climbing at some point. By analysing and evaluating the signals you’re receiving from your body, the chances are that the route will feel harder than you expected. This is rarely of any benefit, so you should concentrate on external factors. Look at footholds to position your foot precisely, and concentrate on tasks such as flow and efficiency so you don’t get too pumped too soon.”
― Martin Mobråten, The Climbing Bible

“Endeavour to extract the maximum benefit from everything you’ve amassed , instead of working blindly to amass the maximum of everything.”
― Dr. Anhad Kaur Suri

“People benefit from your things but do not credit you for that.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“It was with the benefit of hindsight I realized I had been hired into a known biologically toxic job.”
― Steven Magee, Night Shift Recovery

“Trust only means that I am there for you as long as you serve my benefit.”
― Lenfantvivant

“What is considered to be “right” is kindness, love, and charity, and what is considered to be “wrong” is hatred, fighting, and selfishness. These things seem to be right and wrong in religious texts like the Bible and in many cultures. From what I perceive, a common theme in righteousness and wrongness is human interaction. Specifically, how a person is treated. Doing something with one of the “right” traits is considered to be a good intention, because it has the benefit of others in mind. Kindness, love, and charity are meant to aid people; those who express these traits have the benefit of the recipient in mind. So, in morality, there is a benefit-intention duality. That is what standards for morality comprise; a benefit-intention duality, which is my own neologism that describes that actions are considered moral through the consideration of the benefit of others. So, the benefit is important, but in morality, a person must intend to be doing something for the benefit of others.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“In addition, somewhere during the 2000s, taxes were increased to support poor people, which are really good intentions, but it was not beneficial to people such as doctors, since they had to do more work on top of the load of work they would normally have to do just to make a sufficient living. Unlike Stain’s example, this one actually followed the benefit-intention duality, because the person who enforced the taxes did it for the benefit of other people, so, by current philosophical standards, it is moral, but it did not benefit some of the doctors, so there are still some limitations to morality when it comes to benefiting others. A person may intend to benefit others, which is morally right based on the benefit-intention duality, but just because a person may intend to benefit others doesn’t mean they actually benefit others. (A moral action could be unbeneficial to some individuals.)”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Every story you choose to tell has the potential to make another person’s life better.”
― Steve Multer

“Each of us has the power to positively affect a fellow human being with our story. We might broaden a perspective, open a new door to success, improve someone’s work life, help them through a moment of crisis, or make them bit happier or healthier thanks to our story. Share your dream of a better tomorrow, and invite others to join you in that dream.”
― Steve Multer

“Brothers exist for the benefit of one another.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita