Private Property

“What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not. It is only because the control of the means of production is divided among many people acting independently that nobody has complete power over us, that we as individuals can decide what to do with ourselves.”
--Friedrich August von Hayek

Continue the Discussion

“Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion.”
--Dwight Macdonald

Liberty's Responsibility

“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”
--George Bernard Shaw

Continuation of Politics

“War is the continuation of politics by other means.”
--Carl von Clausewitz

Not Your Destiny

“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.”
--Steve Maraboli

Two Ways to Happiness

“There are two ways of being happy, we may either diminish our wants or augment our means, either will do, the result is the same.”
--Benjamin Franklin

Redemption

“The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.”
--Patti Smith

Liberty Means

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
--George Orwell

My Enemy

“My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.”
--Democritus

Big Shadows

“When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means the sun is about to set.”
--Lin Yutang

Peace and Conflict

“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”
--Ronald Reagan

Sanctify Evil

“A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good may come of it.”
--William Penn

Think About Yourself

“What people think about you is not important. What you think about yourself means everything.”
--Unknown

Conquering Difficulty

“Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."
--Henri Frederic Amiel

Time Means Everything

“A man who has money and chooses to spend it on you means nothing. A man with no time who finds a way to spend some with you means everything.”
--Unknown

It Takes Guts

“It takes a lot of guts to create things that do not measure well by conventional means.”
--Seth Godin

Enemy's Fear

“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.”
--Eric Hoffer

Fight Fate

“If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.”
--William McFee

Difficult Not Impossible

“Difficult does not mean impossible. It simply means that you have to work harder.”
--Unknown

 

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Meaning to Live

“Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.”
--Viktor E. Frankl