Quotes about Benefits
One aspect of the civil rights struggle that receives little attention is the contribution it makes to the whole society. The Negro winning in rights for himself produces substantial benefits for the nation.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.
— Aesop
In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large.
— Martin Van Buren
We call "piety" that reverence joined with love of God which the knowledge of his benefits induces. For until men recognize that they owe everything to God, that they are nourished by his fatherly care, that he is the Author of their every good, that they should seek nothing beyond him—they will never yield him willing service. Nay, unless they establish their complete happiness in him, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to him.
— John Calvin
Likewise, what grounds He gives us to consider His mercy! When He does not stop showing His mercy to miserable sinners, leading them back to Him by His more than paternal mercy until their obstinacy is broken down by His benefits.
— John Calvin
Let, therefore, everyone who has shared in all the benefits which Christ has conferred upon us know that his whole life ought to conform to the death of Christ.
— John Calvin
By piety I mean that union of reverence and love to God which the knowledge of his benefits inspires.
— John Calvin
And here again we ought to observe that we are called to a knowledge of God: not that knowledge which, content with empty speculation, merely flits in the brain, but that which will be sound and fruitful if we duly perceive it, and if it takes root in the heart. For the Lord manifests himself by his powers, the force of which we feel within ourselves and the benefits of which we enjoy.
— John Calvin
Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
— Barack Obama
Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of the secret benefits of hiring remote workers is that the work itself becomes the yardstick to judge someone's performance.
— Jason Fried
I'm gonna keep Social Security without change, except I'm going to get rid of the waste, fraud, and abuse; same thing with Medicare.
— Donald Trump