Instruments Quotes

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War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy. — Carl von Clausewitz
Anything that we have to learn to do we learn by the actual doing of it; People become builders by building and instrumentalists by playing… — Aristotle
I thank Missio, (Pontifical Mission Societies), the primary instruments for cooperation in the universal Church's universal mission in the world. Through their action, the proclamation… — Pope Benedict XVI
When money, instead of man, is at the center of the system, when money becomes an idol, men and women are reduced to simple instruments… — Pope Francis
The final test of religious faith... is whether it will enable men to endure insecurity without complacency or despair, whether it can so interpret the… — Reinhold Niebuhr
The ordinances do not impart eternal life to the believer, but they do confirm, strengthen, and heighten our awareness and enjoyment of that life. The… — Sam Storms
What is a memory? Not a storehouse, not a trunk in the attic, but an instrument that constantly refines the past into a narrative, accessible… — Stanley Kauffmann
It is impossible to grasp the meaning of the idea of sound money if one does not realize that it was devised as an instrument… — Ludwig von Mises
The evolution of government from its medieval, Mafia-like character to that embodying modern legal institutions and instruments is a major part of the history of… — Douglass North
The governments of the great States have two instruments for keeping the people dependent, in fear and obedience: a coarser, the army; and a more… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Write as you like, use the rhythms that come out, try different instruments, sit at the piano, destroy the metric, shout instead of singing, blow… — Violeta Parra
The Reformation was cradled in the printing-press, and established by no other instrument. — Agnes Strickland
The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and… — David Simon
I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time. — Satyajit Ray
To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and… — Junichiro Koizumi
Each instrument has something to say to you. It's got its own character. Each horn has its own character and will say to you certain… — Jerome Richardson
For me I feel close to the Savior when I can do in a small way for someone else, what He would do if He… — Barbara W. Winder
The woman is at the heart of the home. Let us pray that we women realize the reason for our existence: to love and be… — Mother Teresa
Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or… — Edmund Burke
Although human ingenuity may devise various inventions which, by the help of various instruments, answer to one and the same purpose, yet will it never… — Leonardo da Vinci

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