A Quote by Francis Hutcheson

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

Francis Hutcheson

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Francis Hutcheson
Irish - Philosopher
August 8, 1694 - August 8, 1746

Wisdom is the power to perceive the best ends to aim at and the best means for reaching those ends.

Wallace D. Wattles

God's wisdom means that God always chooses the best goals and the best means to those goals.

Wayne Grudem

Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum

Christopher Dawson

Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum.

Christopher Dawson

Brilliant strategy is the best route to desirable ends with available means.

Max McKeown

There is more wisdom in your body than in your best wisdom. And who then knows why your body needs precisely your best wisdom?

Friedrich Nietzsche

Passion means making the choice to do that for which we can make the greatest difference. It means saying no to opportunities that may be good but not the best. It means that the best path is not always the easiest path.

Thom S. Rainer

God has many ways that He might use to achieve His ends, but His wisdom determined the best way to accomplish them.

Samuel Willard

Today's 'best practices' lead to dead ends; the best paths are new and untried.

Peter Thiel

The kingdom of God is a society of the best of men, working for the best ends, according to the best methods. It's law is one word - Loyalty; It's gospel one message - Love. If you know anything better, live for it; if not, in the name of God and of humanity, carry out Christ's plan

Henry Drummond

Wisdom is the power to see, and the inclination to choose, the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it.

J. I. Packer

Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence.

Amos Bronson Alcott

We try hard to provide the best user experience possible, and that means the best ads possible, so we work with the brands to come up with the best images.

Alan Schaaf

In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Wisdom is the best guide and faith is the best companion.

Dalai Lama

I wouldn't say I'm the best player. On the competitive level, I am the best competitor. I don't think there's anybody like me. I play my heart out on both ends of the floor, and I give my all.

Deandre Ayton

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