What does ‘a means to an end’ mean and ‘the end justifies the means’ mean?

Question

That was a mouthful for a title, but yeah, basically what I wrote in the title, can anyone explain, I can’t wrap my head around it. And could you use an example please? That helps a lot. Thanks 🙂

Edit: thank you guys for responding so fast! I think I get it now 🙂 how would you use it in a sentence using your examples?

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Answer 1

The end justifies the means would suggest the result is so good it doesn’t matter how hard or difficult it is to get there