Gloria Steinem Quotes

As the means, so the end.

The means prepare the end, and the end is what the means have made of it.

A thousand words can't make the mark a single deed will leave.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

Methods and means cannot be separated from the ultimate aim.

He who picks up one end of a stick picks up the other. He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.

The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.

Be sure that you make a difference in the world.

No hair so small but hath his shadow.

But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.

Pure motives do not insure perfect results.

When the deeds that you do don't add up to zero.

I have meant what I have done. Or I have often meant what I have done. Or I have sometimes meant what I have done. Or I have tried to mean what I was doing.

Stirring is OK. It just depends what happens in the end.

Everything you do has some effect, some impact.

As the cause is, so the effect will be.

You don't have to make the headlines to make a difference.

It's not what the vision is, it's what the vision does.

Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot.

You need to feel that you're making a difference.

You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

You're going to pass something down no matter what you do or if you do nothing. Even if you let yourself go fallow, the weeds will grow and the brambles. Something will grow.

Each choice has a consequence. Each consequence a destination.