A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

He is great who confers the most benefits.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American - Philosopher
May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

American power confers benefits on most inhabitants of the planet, even on many who dislike it and some who actively oppose it, because the United States plays a major, constructive, and historically unprecedented role in the world.

Michael Mandelbaum

An active and vibrant railway system confers many benefits on the society.

Yemi Osinbajo

Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

Michel de Montaigne

The introduction of Christianity, which, under whatever form, always confers such inestimable benefits on mankind, soon made a sensible change in these rude and fierce manners.

Edmund Burke

A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart.

Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone

Germany benefits the most from the European Union because Germany is, by far, the biggest exporter into the Euro Zone, and therefore, it benefits. And one who benefits the most must take the biggest responsibility.

Joe Kaeser

A civilization is a social entity that manifests religious, political , legal, and customary uniformity over an extended period, and which confers on its members the benefits of socially accumulated knowledge.

Roger Scruton

Gifford Pinchot points out that in colonial and pioneer days the forest was a foe and an obstacle to the settler. It had to be cleared away... But [now] as a nation we have not yet come to have a proper respect for the forest and to regard it as an indispensable part of our resources-one which is easily destroyed but difficult to replace; one which confers great benefits while it endures, but whose disappearance is accompanied by a train of evil consequences not readily foreseen and positively irreparable.

Richard E. Blackwelder

While the most disadvantaged students - most often poor students of color - receive the most considerable academic benefits from attending diverse schools, research demonstrates that young people in general, regardless of their background, experience profound benefits from attending integrated schools.

Clint Smith

Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder.

Brian Cox

The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Most people start claiming benefits within a year of when they become eligible, although benefits increase substantially if they wait.

Richard Thaler

The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.

John D. Rockefeller

For obviously the advantage for most writers is that no one sees them. The writer is invisible, which confers power.

Joyce Carol Oates

The benefits of the constitution and laws are alike for all; and the great Elohim has given me the privilege of having the benefits of the constitution and the writ of habeas corpus.