Constructive Quotes

I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is hard to imagine, is best not passed on to one's children. It's not constructive for them.

Thinking without constructive action becomes a disease.

Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.

If I feel like I've done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel peace.

The satisfaction to be derived from success in a great constructive enterprise is one of the most massive that life has to offer.

No golfer ever gets so consistently good that he can't use some constructive advice. No matter how many trophies he may win, he can't analyze and remedy his own faults.

I would have assumed you understood, despite our vague suggestions otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism.

... the constructive power of an image is not measured in terms of its truth, but of the love it inspires.

When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - but haters are losers. It's not good to feed this aspect. It's more intelligent to be constructive.

Compassion and love give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive.

Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. Make it a positive and constructive one.

I love to utilize my celebrity status in a responsible and constructive and substantive manner. I like to get my hands dirty rather than a photo op.

Taking constructive criticism from others is required to get to the next level.

Sometimes there is a common threat that can produce a common interest in putting aside all the differences in trying to find a constructive solution.

The first thing necessary for a constructive dealing with time is to learn to live in the reality of the present moment. For psychologically speaking, this present moment is all we have.

Let's get up off our knees, stop cringing before bogeymen and virtual fathers, face reality, and help science to do something constructive about human suffering.

Mistakes will not end your business. If you are nimble and willing to listen to constructive criticism you can excel by learning and evolving.

Indignation and determination are much more constructive emotions than shame and embarrassment. And feminism was this engine that turned one into the other.

What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind.

Ambition is at the very core of success and extraordinary achievement. Unlike greed, it's a powerful, creative and constructive force.

America creates myths by focusing a lot of energy on its history and using it - - not always, but sometimes - for constructive purposes.

Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive.

Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.

Paradoxically, the most constructive thing women can do is to write, for in the act of writing we deny our muteness and begin to eliminate some of the difficulties that have been put upon us.

Art shows us how to see things that are constructive and good, and to be an active part of that.

The most constructive way of resolving conflicts is to avoid them.

Cage is much more disciplined. He made chance a method and used it in constructive ways; I never did that. Everything here is a little more chaotic.

I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way, he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.

Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice.

Get stoned and abandon all constructive activity.

We only deliberately waste time with those we love -- it is the purest sign that we love someone if we choose to spend time idly in their presence when we could be doing something more 'constructive.

If ever there was a slamming of the door in the face of constructive investigation, it is the word miracle. To a medieval peasant, a radio would have seemed like a miracle.

Canada has always been a strong supporter of Chinas accession to the WTO... We look forward to playing a constructive role in helping complete Chinas accession.

Japan continues to work closely with the United States on the issue of the North Korean nuclear crisis and has played an important and constructive role in the Six-Party talks.

When President Jiang Zemin visited India in 1996, the two sides decided that they would jointly build a constructive partnership of cooperation oriented towards the 21st century.

Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful.

The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing.

Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization. We must put question marks along many of our inherited legal dogmas, since they are dangerously out of line with social facts.

Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties.

Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.

Every human actions becomes dangerous when it is deprived of human feeling. When they are performed with feeling and respect for human values, all activities become constructive.

If grandparents want to have a meaningful and constructive role, the first lesson they must learn is that becoming a grandparent is not having a second chance at parenthood!

Knowledge is power only when put to use - and then only when the use made of it is constructive.

If China wants to be a constructive, active player in the world economy, it's got to respect intellectual property rights or it makes it pretty impossible to do business with them.

Donald Trump is a good businessman. He knows how to put the deal together. And I think he'd be a - he'll be a very constructive figure in the White House.

We know that someone who has channeled his anger into something constructive has not had a cow. How do we know these things?

We are seeking to avoid a new Cold War, avoid a new arms race, and, therefore, we continue to work for a more constructive relationship with Russia, including political dialogue with Russia.

To get the most out of your life, plant in your mind seeds of constructive power that will yield fruitful results.

Writing a long essay is probably the most complex constructive act that most human beings areever expected to perform.

I have never seen a person grow or change in a self - constructive meaningful way when motivated by guilt, shame, or self hate.