Quotes about Means to an End

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself. Votes: 4

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end. Votes: 4

On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love. Votes: 4

Stressful energy arises when you think some future moment is more important than the present moment, and the doing becomes only a means to an end. Votes: 3

The darkroom is just the means to an end. Votes: 2

For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end. Votes: 2

I don't think it's by any means an end to my career. Votes: 2

Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself. Votes: 2

Always treat people as ends in themselves, never as means to an end. Votes: 2

Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. Votes: 2

When work is no more than a means to an end, it cannot be of high quality. Votes: 2

I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end. Votes: 2

Democrats view elections as a means to an end, while Republicans view an election as an end in itself. Votes: 2

I always knew I'd go back to school. Modeling was a means to an end, making money for graduate school. Votes: 2

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society. Votes: 2

When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship. Votes: 2

All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices. Votes: 2

I'll put it to you this way: I never, ever think about the things that I get involved with on a macro means-to-an-ends scale. Votes: 2

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. Votes: 2

Darkroom work had, after all, never interested me except as a means to an end; the place I wanted to be was outside in the light. Votes: 2

I was exposed to the gym at about 28. I never had a huge love or appetite for it - it was just a means to an end. Votes: 2

Law professors like Obama tend to view the law as one means to an end, and others, like myself, tend to view it as the end itself. Votes: 2

Give yourself the freedom to explore the possibility of life without limits. Goals are dreams with deadlines, a means to an end but not the ultimate purpose of life. Votes: 2

Deficit reduction is not an end in itself. It is the means to an end. Canadians must now decide what kind of country they want to build with the hard-won dividend. Votes: 2

I've never fallen in love right off the bat. I get scared to say I love you too soon because it means so much. It means you're not seeing an end to things. Votes: 2

Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like. Votes: 2

Wealth is nothing more or less than a tool to do things with. It is like the fuel that runs the furnace or the belt that runs the wheel - only a means to an end. Votes: 2

Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end. Votes: 2

Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum. Votes: 2

The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the practical arts are not to be classed among the sciences Votes: 2

Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind money is the end. Right now, I think independent film is very confused, because there's excess pressure in the marketplace for entertainment to pay off. Votes: 2

As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor's soul must break all precept. All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, because God is love. Votes: 2

Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Votes: 2

Your primary purpose is to be here fully, and to be total in whatever you do so that the preciousness of the present moment does not become reduced to a means to an end. And there you have your life purpose. That's the very foundation of your life. Votes: 2

It is simply not true that war is solely a means to an end, nor do people necessarily fight in order to obtain this objective or that. In fact, the opposite is true: people very often take up one objective or another precisely in order that they may fight. Votes: 2

When I saw music as a means to an end - more fame, more money, dating celebrities - that's when things have gone terribly wrong. Now my life is focused on just trying to keep making music. Because when it's really good, it's just the most remarkable feeling on the planet. Votes: 2

I suppose when I started playing guitar, it was the means to an end. I never thought of myself as a fully fledged guitar instrumentalist. And my early excursions on the electric guitar were curtailed when Eric Clapton came on the scene, and I decided I was never going to be in the same arena as a Clapton or a Peter Green. Votes: 2

When you are present, when your attention is fully in the Now, Presence will flow into and transform what you do. There will be a quality and power in it. You are present when what you are doing is not primarily a means to an end (money, prestige, winning) but fulfilling in itself, when there is joy and aliveness in what you do. Votes: 2

Don't get stuck on the level of words. A word is no more than a means to an end. It's an abstraction. Not unlike a signpost, it points beyond itself Votes: 1

As the means, so the end. Votes: 0

The end doesn't justify the means. Votes: 0

The end must justify the means. Votes: 0

The improved means to the unimproved end. Votes: 0

Yoga is a means and an end. Votes: 0

The end is inherent in the means. Votes: 0

We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means. Votes: 0

Power is not a means; it is an end. Votes: 0

Is God an end or is He a means? Votes: 0

The best content is the means, not the end. Votes: 0

And knowledge management is a means, not an end. Votes: 0

Let the end and the means be joined into one. Votes: 0

Love for yourselves means [in the end] love for everything. Votes: 0

Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion. Votes: 0

Although personally, I think cyberspace means the end of our species. Votes: 0

Nonviolence is the means, the end for everyone is complete independence. Votes: 0

If the end does not justify the means - what can? Votes: 0

Money is both a means and a means to an end. Votes: 0

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means. Votes: 0

The end always doesn't justify the means you used to reach there. Votes: 0

Where man is the end, or the means, all men are mean. Votes: 0

Water is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Votes: 0

Eschaton comes from the Greek word 'echatos', which just means the end. Votes: 0

Life as an end is qualitatively different from life as a means. Votes: 0

The bad end unhappily; the good, unluckily. That is what tragedy means. Votes: 0

I believe that the means you use will determine the end you receive. Votes: 0

Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end. Votes: 0

Prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness. Votes: 0

Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity. Votes: 0

Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end. Votes: 0

In attaining our ideals,our means should be as pure as the end! Votes: 0

Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity. Votes: 0

Animals... are there merely as a means to an end. That end is man. Votes: 0

The end doesn't justify anything, because all we ever live with is the means. Votes: 0

Everywhere the means is erected into the end, and the end itself is forgotten. Votes: 0

The end is what you want and the means is how you get it. Votes: 0

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child. Votes: 0

You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end. Votes: 0

In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart. Votes: 0

If one takes care of the means, the end will take care of itself. Votes: 0

Those who make use of devotion as a means and end generally are hypocrites. Votes: 0

The end never justifies the means because there is no end; there are only means. Votes: 0

In the long run, you can never accomplish a worthy end with an unworthy means. Votes: 0

Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other. Votes: 0

Be wary of technology; it is often merely an improved means to an unimproved end. Votes: 0

Happiness is not an end - it is only a means, and adjunct, a consequence. Votes: 0

There should be a word that means beginning/end because nothing begins without something dying. Votes: 0

Profit has to be a means to other ends rather than an end in itself. Votes: 0

We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal. Votes: 0

The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end. Votes: 0

Composing means you have a beginning, middle and end and a fluidity to what you're doing. Votes: 0

Life's but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things--God. Votes: 0

... in the end, Goddess is just a word. It simply means the divine in female form. Votes: 0

a little misgiving in the beginning of things, means much regret in the end of them. Votes: 0

When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end. Votes: 0

All Church activities, advancements, quorums, and classes are means to the end of an exalted family. Votes: 0

The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. Votes: 0

Beware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it. Votes: 0

Theres no stink more sorrorful than the stink of wet, burnt paper. It means: the end. Votes: 0

When you always want the next thing, every human being becomes a means to an end. Votes: 0

Our walking is not a means to an end. We walk for the sake of walking. Votes: 0

The State is not in itself an end, but is only a means towards human development. Votes: 0

Romance is a means to the end of self-completion, but love is an end in itself. Votes: 0

The means prepare the end, and the end is what the means have made of it. Votes: 0

If you cultivate piety as an end and not a means, you will become a hypocrite. Votes: 0

Decorating is a footnote to real life for me, a means to an end: Living well. Votes: 0

In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Votes: 0

Being a fan doesn't mean being there from the start... It means being there till the end. Votes: 0

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end. Votes: 0

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Votes: 0

Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means. Votes: 0

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing Votes: 0

Having seen and felt the end, you have willed the means to the realization of the end. Votes: 0

Serenity is the end - and serenity is also the means - by which you live effectively. Votes: 0

Conceive. That is the word that means both the beginning in imagination and the end in creation. Votes: 0

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end. Votes: 0

For me, architecture is the means, not the end. It's a means of making different life forms possible. Votes: 0

War is not a means but an end. It makes violence respectable and makes sadists look like heroes. Votes: 0

The end justifies the means. Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing to get the right result. Votes: 0

In art the end does not sanctify the means: but sacred means employed here can sanctify the end. Votes: 0

A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared. Votes: 0

We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means. Votes: 0

The ambitious deceive themselves in proposing an end to their ambition; that end, when attained, becomes a means. Votes: 0

Quantity of material production can only be a means to a further end, not an end in itself. Votes: 0

But the path you end up on means that you have to close a lot of doors, too. Votes: 0

An open mind is not an end in itself but a means to the end of finding truth. Votes: 0

The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means. Votes: 0

I play 'World of Warcraft,' which means I end up hanging out with teenage boys a lot. Votes: 0

Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work. Votes: 0

I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy. Votes: 0

The third rule of ethics of means and ends is that in war the end justifies almost any means.... Votes: 0

You're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really matters. Votes: 0

Sedentary culture is the goal of civilization. It means the end of its lifespan and brings about its corruption. Votes: 0

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. Votes: 0

Nothing in nature is exhausted in its first use...In God, every end is converted into a new means. Votes: 0

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. Votes: 0

Private property is a means, and neither its abolition nor its unrestricted right should be an end in itself Votes: 0

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise. Votes: 0

So end-to-end encryption, keeps things encrypted and that means that law enforcement, without a warrant, cannot read that information. Votes: 0

A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified. Votes: 0

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it. Votes: 0

Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series 'on purpose' ? Votes: 0

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society. Votes: 0

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. Votes: 0

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. Votes: 0

I never compared Nazis into communism, but communism was the same thing, the end justifies the means. Whatever the means. Votes: 0

You can't reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree. Votes: 0

The civil rights movement was devoid of grace; it was using some unfortunate people as means to a communistic end. Votes: 0

War is not a means to an end, it is the end, whereas politics is merely the hiatus between wars. Votes: 0

Does the end justify the means? Or should it be, Do the ends justify the mean; do the extremes justify moderation? Votes: 0

Unfortunately, once an economy is geared to expansion, the means rapidly turn into an end and "the going becomes the goal." Votes: 0

Choosing one path means abandoning others - if you try to follow every possible path you will end up following none. Votes: 0

An injudicious and malignant enemy often serves the cause he means to injure; but a feeble friend never attains that end. Votes: 0

Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet. Votes: 0

Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace Votes: 0

Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process Votes: 0

Construed as a means instead of an end, history is the weapon with which we defend the future against the past. Votes: 0

The end justifies the means only when the means used are such as actually bring about the desired and desirable end. Votes: 0

Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end. Votes: 0

All of the technology is a means to an end. We are the end. And we just have to pay attention.. Votes: 0

The end does not justify the means. No one's rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others. Votes: 0

Democracy is not the end product, but the means to the end, which is the enjoyment of human rights by all. Votes: 0

For women, the sexual act is a means to a higher end. For a man, it is an end in itself. Votes: 0

To believe in a God means to see that the facts of the world are not the end of the matter. Votes: 0

Act so as to use humanity, yourself and others, always as an end and never as a means to an end. Votes: 0

Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself. Votes: 0

Our intellect is not intended to be an end in itself, but only a means to the very mind of God. Votes: 0

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end. Votes: 0

People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end. Votes: 0

If people with the very best intentions carry on prosecutions that are oppressive, the end may not always perhaps sanctify the means. Votes: 0

What the result means is that the Franco-German axis is in serious trouble. It's the end of a phase which began in 2002. Votes: 0

Hospice means end-of-life care. The admission ticket is a diagnosis from a doctor that you have six months or less to live. Votes: 0

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods. Votes: 0

Writing about our gods in English is unnatural, but I believe language is just a carrier - a means to an end. Votes: 0

The search for the means to put an end to things, an end to speech, is what enables the discourse to continue. Votes: 0

It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools. Votes: 0

When the journey from means to end is not too long, the means themselves are enjoyed if the end is ardently desired. Votes: 0

Women tend to very much, very much think of money as a means to an end, not as an end in itself. Votes: 0

The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, Votes: 0

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods Votes: 0

The sacred page is not meant to be the end, but only the means toward the end, which is knowing God Himself. Votes: 0

Music is only a means to an end - it is not the end. The concern is with the condition of man Votes: 0

When language is used without true significance, it loses its purpose as a means of communication and becomes an end in itself. Votes: 0

Style is not an end in itself, it is only a means to an end - the means of telling a story. Votes: 0

Proud meaning that... proud means we have to be one till the end eh? Till the end we have to be proud? Votes: 0

Broadly speaking, we are in the middle of a race between human skill as a means and human folly as an end. Votes: 0

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet. Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. Votes: 0

Torture, as the art of discovering the truth, is barbaric nonsense; it is the application of a material means to a spiritual end. Votes: 0

We change by changing our consciousness and by saying, money should not be a commodity. Money should be a means to an end. Votes: 0

Art grabs people by their eyeballs, it seduces them ... art is a means to an end rather than simply an end in itself. Votes: 0

All opinions in the world agree in this, that pleasure is our end, although they differ as to the means of attaining it. Votes: 0

When someone puts an end to something, it doesn't mean that he gave up, it means that thing is not taking him anywhere. Votes: 0

For me photography was the means to the end, but they made it the most important thing. (On the discovery of X-ray photography.) Votes: 0

We have the means and we have the technology to end mass surveillance without any legislative action at all, without any policy changes. Votes: 0

My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose. Votes: 0

I don't know if winning at any cost is wrong or not. There are times I've thought that the end justified the means. Votes: 0

One can never be sure of the end, only of the means, and so we must be sure that the means are good. Votes: 0

I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end. Votes: 0

Achieving your vision doesn't mean you've reached the end of the line. It simply means that you've come to a new starting place. Votes: 0

All men have happiness as their object: there is no exception. However different the means they employ, they all aim at the same end. Votes: 0

We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods; we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume the end. Votes: 0

But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end. Votes: 0

Perfect goodness can never debate about the end to be attained, and perfect wisdom cannot debate about the means most suited to achieve it. Votes: 0

The association of motorcycles with LSD is no accident of publicity. They are both a means to an end, to the place of definitions. Votes: 0

A good character when established should not be rested in as an end, but only employed as a means of doing still further good. Votes: 0

A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means. Votes: 0

The past and present are only our means; the future is always our end. Thus we never really live, but only hope to live. Votes: 0

Competition is enjoyable only when it is a means to perfect one's skills; when it becomes an end in itself, it ceases to be fun. Votes: 0

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything. Votes: 0

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything Votes: 0

The law is not an end in itself, nor does it provide ends. It is preeminently a means to serve what we think is right. Votes: 0

If democracy is a means rather than an end, its limits must be determined in the light of the purpose we want it to serve. Votes: 0

You see, control can never be a means to any practical end...It can never be a means to anything but more control...like junk.. Votes: 0

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. Votes: 0

The state is a means to an end. Its end lies in the preservation and advancement of a community of physically and psychically homogenous creatures. Votes: 0

To stop war by the perfection of engines of destruction alone, might consume centuries and centuries. Other means must be employed to hasten the end. Votes: 0

Love is the ultimate, the end. You love for love's own sake. It is not a means to anything else, it is its own end. Votes: 0

Consequentialist theories begin with a very simple and undoubtedly valid point: Every action aims at a future end, and is seen as a means to it. Votes: 0

When we are at the end of life, to die means to go away; when we are at the beginning, to go away means to die. Votes: 0

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest. Votes: 0

The process is only a means to an end-creating the painting I want. It doesn't mean anything itself. It's only a way of creating a result. Votes: 0

In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends. Votes: 0

Many a beggar at the crossway, or gray-haired shepherd on the plain, hath more of the end of all wealth than hundreds who multiply the means. Votes: 0

Which means that in the end there are certain things you can take with you when you flee, things that have no weight, such as music. Votes: 0

Hey. What is it that famous person said? 'It'll all work out in the end, and if it doesn't, that means it's not the end yet'? Votes: 0

We have only to keep the end in view, and have our hearts thoroughly engaged in the pursuit of it, and means will not be very difficult. Votes: 0

It does mean, if this is the idea, the end of Britain as an independent European state...it means the end of a thousand years of history. Votes: 0

We must not forget that health is only a means to an end. If health were the end, we would be like animals; animals rarely become unhealthy. Votes: 0

Does the end justify the means? That is possible. But what will justify the end? To that question, which historical thought leaves pending, rebellion replies: the means. Votes: 0

When you're composing for somebody, that means you have a boss. You have to do what it takes to, at the end of the day, appease them. Votes: 0

At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody. Votes: 0

Cubism is ... a picture for its own sake. Literary Cubism does the same thing in literature, using reality merely as a means and not as an end. Votes: 0

Smartass Disciple: Master, what are you talking about? None of us understand!Master of Stupidity: Be patient! It is not ended yet. The end justifies the means. Votes: 0

There are men who have themselves whipped simply to increase their sexual pleasure. These, in contrast with true masochists, regard flagellation as a means to an end. Votes: 0

I can write with authority only about what I know well, which means that I end up using surface details of my own life in my fiction. Votes: 0

Fading light means more than just the end of another day. Night is when terrible things emerge from their sleep and seek soft flesh and hot blood. Votes: 0

Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally. Votes: 0

It had to teach her to think of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end it itself. Votes: 0

You need demarcation." "Demarcation?" I asked. "It means a clear separation between two things," he told me. "A solid end before a clean beginning. No murky borders. Clarity. Votes: 0

The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics it becomes necessarily the supreme rule. Votes: 0

In the acquisition of Sacred knowledge, scholarship and reason are not alternatives to revelation. They are a means to an end, and the end is revelation from God. Votes: 0

The superiority of the Greeks seems not so much the result of climate and society, as of the simplicity of their end and the uniformity of their means. Votes: 0

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain. Votes: 0

And don't tell me the end justifies the means because it doesn't. We never reach the end. All we ever get is means. That's what we live with. Votes: 0

Always have one possibility in mind and that is to go to the top, to be the best. Everything else should just be a means to that end. Votes: 0

If the universe has an end, it means we are captive fishes in an aquarium! If it has no end, we are lost sheep in the eternal darkness! Votes: 0

The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics it becomes necessarily the supreme rule. Votes: 0

To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that is the aim of what I do. Votes: 0

Now while Jesus wins in the end is certainly true, it is a rather terse and vague slogan and does not capture the full breadth of what eschatology means. Votes: 0

Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends. Votes: 0

Next to occupation is the building up of good taste. That is difficult, slow work. Few achieve it. It means all the difference in the world in the end. Votes: 0

Gandhi said the end is inherent in the means, which means you cannot create any more peace than you yourself have attained. An angry generation will not bring peace. Votes: 0

How can we expect novelists to be moral, when their trade forces them to treat every end they meet as no more than an imperfect means to a novel? Votes: 0

Relationships never end, because they're of the mind; only bodies can separate. When you're missing someone, know it just means that on a soul level they've come to visit. Votes: 0