Instruments Quotes

• Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

  Francis of Assisi

  Love, God, Christian

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• Make me an instrument of thy peace.

  Francis of Assisi

  Inspirational

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• The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

  Carlos Santana

  Peace, Powerful, Heart

  "Check Against Delivery". Remarks by Judith Guichon, OBC Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, ltgov.bc.ca. September 21, 2014.

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• The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

  James Madison

  Freedom, War, Mean

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• Good things come to those who hustle

  Chuck Noll

  Fitness, Patience, Workout

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• Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

  Samuel Lover

  Wise, Hard Times, Glitter

  Samuel Lover (1839). “Rory O'More. Revised”, p.151

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• There is no pretending," Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then.

  Cassandra Clare

  Romantic, Love You, Forbidden Love

  Cassandra Clare (2009). “City of Glass”, p.331, Simon and Schuster

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• A diary with no drawings of me in it? Where are the torrid fantasies? The romance covers?

  Cassandra Clare

  Humorous, Drawing, Romance

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.

  George Santayana

  Get Well, Mind, Body

  George Santayana (1934). “Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana”, p.15, Рипол Классик

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• If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

  George Washington

  Peace, Money, Powerful

  George Washington (1837). “Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses”, p.38

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• "Do you remember back at the hotel when you promised that if we lived, you’d get dressed up in a nurse’s outfit and give me a sponge bath?" "Actually, I think you misheard," Clary said. "It was Simon who promised you the sponge bath." "As soon as I’m back on my feet, handsome," "I knew we should have left you a rat," said Jace.

  Cassandra Clare

  Humor, Should Have, Feet

  "City of Bones". Book by Cassandra Clare, March 27, 2007.

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• Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Prayer, Cancer

  Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.87, New Directions Publishing

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• You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.

  Charlie Parker

  Music, Faith, Practice

  "Acting Is a Job: Real-life Lessons About the Acting Business". Book by Jason Pugatch, p. 73, 2006.

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• In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking.

  Charles Babbage

  Important, Machines, Use

  Charles Babbage (1832). “On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures”, p.26

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• The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself.

  Emmet Fox

  Life, Change, Art

  Emmet Fox (1938). “The Sermon on the Mount: a general introduction to scientific Christianity in the form of a spiritual key to Matthew V, VI, and VII”

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• Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

  George Santayana

  Tyrants, Care, Tyranny

  George Santayana (1995). “Dominations and Powers: Reflections on Liberty, Society, and Government”, p.65, Transaction Publishers

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• The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly... music is like the ocean, and the instruments are little or bigger islands, very beautiful for the flowers and trees.

  Andres Segovia

  Music, Beautiful, Ocean

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• Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.

  Harry S. Truman

  Education, Book, Reading

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• We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.

  Thomas Clarkson

  Order, Quality, Purpose

  Thomas Clarkson, Ottobah Cugoano (2010). “Thomas Clarkson and Ottobah Cugoano: Essays on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species”, Broadview Press

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• After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.

  Tom T. Hall

  Perfect, Musical, Wanted

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• Philosophical theories or ideas, as points of view, instruments of criticism, may help us to gather up what might otherwise pass unregarded by us.

  Walter Pater

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Views

  Walter Pater (2013). “The Renaissance”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity.

  Steve Lacy

  Song, Voice, Elements

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• The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is.

  Berenice Abbott

  Cameras, Photographer, Preservation

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• It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Music, Keys, Play

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• I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Moving, Athlete

  "Sir Roger Bannister". Interview with Nick Harper, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2004.

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