Beneficial

Famous quotes containing the word beneficial:

“Sincere advice may offend the ear but is beneficial to one’s conduct.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Circumstances ... give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing colour and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

“Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)