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Justify Quotes

The ends justifies the means.

Niccolo Machiavelli (2003). “Discourses on Livy”, p.444, OUP Oxford

It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.

John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.198, Oxford University Press

It is the work of God alone to justify, to sanctify, and to glorify.

John Wesley (1831). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.42

From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.

Salman Rushdie (1989). “The Satanic Verses”, New York, N.Y. : Viking

A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.

"Self Portrait". Book by Man Ray, 1963.

Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought, and the turn to the truth; but I have refused myself to everything that my own experience did not justify and confirm.

Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.498

Nothing, nothing justifies terrorism.

"The poetry of loss" by Richard Silverstein, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2008.

The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.

Dallas Willard (2009). “The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God”, p.28, Harper Collins

Success in one role can't justify failure in another.

Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (2015). “First Things First”, p.164, Mango Media Inc.

One must consider the final result

Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). “The Portable Machiavelli”, p.14, Penguin

It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.

"The High Priestess of Creative Movement". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.