Quotes about Benefit
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
To Yossarian, the idea of pennants as prizes was absurd. No money went with them, no class privileges. Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.
— Joseph Heller
Biblical unity is about working through conflicts, avoiding slander and gossip, and being generous in spirit. It is giving each other the benefit of the doubt, distributing ample doses of grace in the midst of our sin and imperfection, and demonstrating fierce loyalty.
— James Emery White
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
All men were created to busy themselves with the labor for the common good.
— John Calvin
If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.
— John Tillotson
Men have no right to what is not reasonable, and to what is not for their benefit.
— Edmund Burke
When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.
— Cicero
The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.
— Napoleon Hill
With firm faith in our hearts, to sustain us along the hard road to victory, we will find our way to a secure peace, for the ultimate benefit of all humanity.
— Harry S. Truman
Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.
— Napoleon Hill
God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
— St. Thomas Aquinas