Means Quotes
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Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.
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He's our catalyst, he means everything to this team. I think there's not a man in here that doesn't realize that Johnny kind of makes us go. He's very, very important to us. I know he's a tough player and he'll be back out on the field for us soon.
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There are all kinds of silences and each of them means a different things.
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You become what you believe. And to believe that you are created by the power that's greater than yourself means anything is possible.
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Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence.
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To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.
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Does the end justify the means? Or should it be, Do the ends justify the mean; do the extremes justify moderation?
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Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself.
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Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing...Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness; it should rather be an expression of breathless expectation.
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A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
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But this is the point I want to make: When you talk about steroids and you talk about what it means to the game, the three greatest home run hitters of all time-Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays, right? When they were 39 years old, how many home runs do you think they averaged? The three greatest home run hitters of all time averaged 18 home runs at age 39. Now, how many home runs did Barry Bonds hit when he was 39? He hit 73!
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To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss.
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It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent means.
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Without [diversion] we would be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us on to seek a more solid means of escaping from it. But diversion amuses us, and leads us unconsciously to death.
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Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.
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In art the end does not sanctify the means: but sacred means employed here can sanctify the end.
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I know that it is a hopeless undertaking to debate about fundamental value judgements. For instance, if someone approves, as a goal, the extirpation of the human race from the earth, one cannot refute such a viewpoint on rational grounds. But if there is agreement on certain goals and values, one can argue rationally about the means by which these objectives may be obtained.
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By means of music the very passions, enjoy themselves.
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A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.
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If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two instruments if one suffices.
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Construed as a means instead of an end, history is the weapon with which we defend the future against the past.
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Its just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means for now.
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If you can unify the public mind saving an iconic species like the tiger, like they did with the panda, that means you have to protect their habitat and everything that they hunt. And that means saving massive, thousands of acres for them to be able to roam and breed. So it's more of a land effort.
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Speak, Lord”; make time to listen. Chastening is more than a means of discipline, it is meant to get me to the place of saying, “Speak, Lord.”
