Mean Quotes - Page 203

Just because somebody swings one way and I swing another way doesn't mean he's better than me or I'm better than him ... Does my swing get hits? Yes.

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

If everyone likes you, it probably means you aren't saying much.

I think a lot of people see, obviously, the business side of my father. But, I mean, he's just a great guy. We enjoyed the holidays so much. To be able to spend time with him when he's not necessarily working or not doing the political thing, I mean, he's much more of a blue collar American.

Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one's heart. It means rather to find the way to God and to speak with him, whether the heart is full or empty.

There is no way to peace along the way of safety. For peace must be dared. It is itself the great venture and can never be safe. Peace is the opposite of security. To demand guarantees is to want to protect oneself. Peace means giving oneself completely to God's commandment. Wanting no security, but in faith and obedience laying the destiny of the nations in the hand of almighty God. Not trying to direct it for selfish purposes. Battles are won not with weapons, but with God. They are won when the way leads to the cross.

There are people much less fortunate than us, and I don't mean people hungry sleeping in the streets either

Each time I saw a cliff, I wondered whether I could free solo it. My life shaped itself around the understanding that falling means I die. To break the paradigm I had to empty out my essence, rummaging for fundamentals I thought were gone forever.

Productivity is the deliberate, strategic investment of your time, talent, intelligence, energy, resources, and opportunities in a manner calculated to move you measurably closer to meaningful goals.

Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.

Just because you did not understand us, it did not mean we were wrong.

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's favorite movies. And that's what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.

I think my first general rule is that most of my experiences are not that interesting. It's usually other people's experiences. It's not that entirely conscious. Somebody tells me a story or, you know, repeats an anecdote that somebody else told them and I just feel like I have to write it down so I don't forget - that means for me, something made it fiction-worthy. Interesting things never happen to me, so maybe two or three times when they do, I have to use them, so I write them down.

When you're having trouble and topping the ball, it means the ground is moving on you.

I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.

When you become consumed by God's call on your life, everything will take on new meaning and significance. You will begin to see every facet of your life - including your pain - as a means through which God can work to bring others to Himself.

Oh my brethren, Bold hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards!

Prayer is not a means by which I seek to control God; it is a means of putting myself in a position where God can control me.

If economic progress means that we become anonymous cogs in some great machine, then progress is an empty promise.

It means 'Shadowhunters: Looking Better in Black Than the Widows of our Enemies Since 1234'.

L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle. "It means that love is the most powerful force in the world. That love can do anything.

Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts of other people. They are meant to teach us to become compassionate and wise.

I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field. To me, that means making certain that the fight to preserve our civil liberties is waged, making certain the fight against discrimination is waged, making certain that women have opportunity in this country.

If it wasn't meant to be, it would have never been.