When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.
The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.
I have never been able, really, to figure out where my life begins and where it ends. I have never, never been able to figure it all out, what it’s all about, what it all means.
The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.
To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution.
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
As the Chief of the Defence Staff says, you don’t defend on the goal line. Defending the interests of the U.K. means tackling threats early and at source, and that means intervening overseas.
Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure it just means you haven’t succeeded yet.
I’m a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can’t challenge the man I’m with if means I’m going to end up alone.
I have this idea of a Taiwan Consensus, which means people in Taiwan have to get together and form a consensus of their own and that they turn around to talk to the Chinese to form a cross-strait consensus so we can build a relationship on that consensus. And in my view, that is the right order to do things.
I need to put myself out in the world and be brave and be uncomfortable. When I do, it means I can enjoy life so much more.
Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.
Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful.
Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.
Being a captain means a lot – it’s not just about wearing the armband.
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.
I want people to learn what democracy means.
In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.
Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.
A diary means yes indeed.
Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.
Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.
The common thread for everything I do is this idea of a Web-services architecture. What does that mean? It means taking components of software and systems and having them be self-describing, so that you can aim them, ask them what their capabilities are, and communicate with them using a standard protocol.
Tax reform means, ‘Don’t tax you, don’t tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.’
I’ll be honest: I don’t even really know what ‘Netflix and chill’ means.
It is downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government: the ballot.
Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.
I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind leading.
When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
E-commerce is a powerful means to connect the unconnected to global trade.
They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won’t get played Huh?
You can’t move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn’t mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.
Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.
Almost nothing works the first time it’s attempted. Just because what you’re doing does not seem to be working, doesn’t mean it won’t work. It just means that it might not work the way you’re doing it.
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
The way I write, words can means lots of different things.
When it comes to social media, there are just times I turn off the world, you know. There are just some times you have to give yourself space to be quiet, which means you’ve got to set those phones down.
Let’s make it simple: Government control means uniformity, regulation, fees, inspection, and yes, compliance.
When Jesus says you must leave your family to follow Him, he doesn’t necessarily mean physically. He means leave your dependence on them, make an emotional break with them.
To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.
I’m continually trying to make choices that put me against my own comfort zone. As long as you’re uncomfortable, it means you’re growing.
I can testify to what UNICEF means to children because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II.
How can it be said we should use only constitutional means in our struggle, when all resistance is illegal and we have no way to change the brutal realities of the racism regime?
Perseverance doesn’t always mean winning and losing. Perseverance means showing up and rising to the occasion and performing.
If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.
The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn’t grow up can be vice president.
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
The ‘means of grace’ are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord’s Supper. I lay it down as a simple matter of fact that no one who is careless about such things must ever expect to make much progress in sanctification.
My style is not trendy by any means; my inner artists loves to shine through in my wardrobe.
Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
Husbands, recognize your wife’s intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner regarding family plans, family activities, and family budgeting. Don’t be stingy with your time or with your means. Give her the opportunity to grow intellectually, emotionally, and socially as well as spiritually.
Chaos does not mean total disorder. Chaos means a multiplicity of possibilities. Chaos is from the ancient Greek words that means a thing that is birthed from the void. And it was about that which is possible, not about disorder.
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
In architecture, Palladio is the game. It means hard thought all through – if it is labored, it fails.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
Slowness to change usually means fear of the new.
Lonesome. Lonesome. I know what it means. Here all by my lonesome, dreaming empty dreams. Weary. Weary at the close of day, wondering if tomorrow brings me joy or sorrow.
