"There are ever two ways of striving to fill one's place in the world: one is by seeking to prove one's self useful; the other, by striving to render one's self useless. The first way is the commoner and the more attractive; the second is the rarer and more noble."

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Source : Quoted by Richard Foster in "Renovare perspective", Vol. 7, No. 2, April 1997.

Henry Clay Trumbull

#Self Quotes #Two Quotes #Useless Quotes

“We all know what we mean by fighting terrorism. In reality, there is total cooperation between the countries north and south of the Mediterranean against terrorism.”
“We have to remember everything. If we don't, by the time we grow up it'll be gone forever.”
“If you want it to happen, you must make it happen. If you let it happen, you won't like what happened.”
“The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness”
“The only thing that I know is that, growing up, I came across stumbling blocks, and I always said to myself, 'If I ever get into a position to do something about this, I would like to, so that somebody does not deal with what I went through.”
“You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.”
“Even as a child, I told my whole family how to improve their looks.”

Source : "Jil Sander: 'If I had the power I would ban leggings'". Interview with Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2011.
“The effectiveness of a leader is best judged by the actions of those he guides.”

Source : Bill Courtney (2014). “Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love”, p.63, Weinstein Publishing

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