Instrument

Famous quotes containing the word instrument:

“The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

“Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.”
—Adam Smith (1723–1790)

“Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.”
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948)