--- title: "17 Things Means Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Things Means quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Things Means sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/frederick-lenz-8_care_if-you-ever-care-about-things-that-means_1256838.jpg" --- > [If you ever care about things, that means they have power over you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-ever-care-about-things-that-means-they-have-power-over-you/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/frederick-lenz-8_care_if-you-ever-care-about-things-that-means_1256838.jpg) > [Word life means: never give up just breathe live and love those things means life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/canada-serdyuk/word-life-means-never-give-up-just-breathe-live-and-love-those-things/) [Canada Serdyuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/canada-serdyuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/canada-serdyuk-63638_life_word-life-means-never-give-up-just-breat_375227.jpg) > [“Words are small things. No one means any harm by them, they keep saying that. ... Words are not small things".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/words-are-small-things-no-one-means-any-harm-by-them-they-keep-saying/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/fredrik-backman-857_language_words-are-small-things-no-one-means-any_658430.jpg) > [Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/letting-go-does-not-mean-not-caring-about-things-it-means-caring/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/jack-kornfield-936_caring_letting-go-does-not-mean-not-caring-abou_1527619.png) > [Nature...does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/nature-does-not-act-by-means-of-many-things-when-it-can-do-so-by/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/galileo-galilei-2377_can-do_nature-does-not-act-by-means-of-many-thi_2542462.png) > [“If I pretend … If I pretend I didn’t do those things, it means that I can’t have grown to become someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/if-i-pretend-if-i-pretend-i-didn-t-do-those-things-it-means-that-i/) [Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b15/brandon-sanderson-112_pretend_if-i-pretend-if-i-pretend-i-didn-t-do-th_258703.jpg) > [“But second, this truth removes general fear and anxiety when life “goes wrong.” We know it hasn’t gone wrong at all! If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-j-keller/but-second-this-truth-removes-general-fear-and-anxiety-when-life-goes/) [Timothy J. Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-j-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/timothy-j-keller-3733_fear_but-second-this-truth-removes-general-fe_1016629.jpg) > [All the things of the world are meant for us and we've the right to use them but without being possessive, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/all-the-things-of-the-world-are-meant-for-us-and-we-ve-the-right-to/) [Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/senoraroy-77_love_all-the-things-of-the-world-are-meant-fo_197466.jpg) > [“To embrace all things means also that one rids oneself of any concept of separation; male and female, self and other, life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-browne-walker/to-embrace-all-things-means-also-that-one-rids-oneself-of-any-concept/) [Brian Browne Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-browne-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e1/brian-browne-walker-55972_death_to-embrace-all-things-means-also-that-on_2079876.jpg) > [Standing as a witness in all things means all things - big things, little things, in all conversations, in jokes, in games…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-d-nadauld/standing-as-a-witness-in-all-things-means-all-things-big-things/) [Margaret D. Nadauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-d-nadauld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/margaret-d-nadauld-17948_all-things_standing-as-a-witness-in-all-things-mean_2175518.jpg) > [Ballet is not technique, not a way of doing things, but a means of expression that comes perhaps more closely to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/ballet-is-not-technique-not-a-way-of-doing-things-but-a-means-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/anonymous-1_ballet_ballet-is-not-technique-not-a-way-of-doi_1953405.jpg) > [Successful living does not mean accumulating material things, it means inner peace of mind; it means that gift of being able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-e-cliffe/successful-living-does-not-mean-accumulating-material-things-it-means/) [Albert E Cliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-e-cliffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/albert-e-cliffe-53791_able_successful-living-does-not-mean-accumula_2062390.jpg) > [Standing as a witness in all things means being kind in all things, being the first to say hello, being the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-d-nadauld/standing-as-a-witness-in-all-things-means-being-kind-in-all-things/) [Margaret D. Nadauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-d-nadauld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/margaret-d-nadauld-17948_all-things_standing-as-a-witness-in-all-things-mean_13800.jpg) > [Once I learned how to make an image 'beautiful' or whatever, that became shallow, so I began to only care about meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/once-i-learned-how-to-make-an-image-beautiful-or-whatever-that-became/) [RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/ramell-ross-6108_beautiful_once-i-learned-how-to-make-an-image-beau_1479404.jpg) > [To design things means to interfere with things: to think of how they might be and to alter how they are. Design…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bringhurst/to-design-things-means-to-interfere-with-things-to-think-of-how-they/) [Robert Bringhurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bringhurst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f6/robert-bringhurst-16008_activity_to-design-things-means-to-interfere-with_136890.png) > [Mercies and blessings come in different forms-sometimes as hard things. Yet the Lord said, 'Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-d-parkin/mercies-and-blessings-come-in-different-forms-sometimes-as-hard/) [Bonnie D. Parkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-d-parkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/bonnie-d-parkin-38334_all-things_mercies-and-blessings-come-in-different_683337.jpg) > [An artist attunes to what things are, which means sort of listening to the future, which is just how things are -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-morton/an-artist-attunes-to-what-things-are-which-means-sort-of-listening-to/) [Timothy Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-morton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/timothy-morton-4240_art_an-artist-attunes-to-what-things-are-whi_2281638.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/things-means/#itemlist", "name": "Things Means Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you ever care about things, that means they have power over you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Lenz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-ever-care-about-things-that-means-they-have-power-over-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/frederick-lenz-8_care_if-you-ever-care-about-things-that-means_1256838.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/frederick-lenz-8_care_if-you-ever-care-about-things-that-means_1256838.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/frederick-lenz-8_care_if-you-ever-care-about-things-that-means_1256838.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you ever care about things, that means they have power over you.” — Frederick Lenz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Word life means: never give up just breathe live and love those things means life", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Canada Serdyuk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/canada-serdyuk/word-life-means-never-give-up-just-breathe-live-and-love-those-things/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/canada-serdyuk-63638_life_word-life-means-never-give-up-just-breat_375227.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/canada-serdyuk-63638_life_word-life-means-never-give-up-just-breat_375227.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/canada-serdyuk-63638_life_word-life-means-never-give-up-just-breat_375227.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Word life means: never give up just breathe live and love those things means life” — Canada Serdyuk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Words are small things. 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