--- title: "8 Measuring Life Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Measuring Life quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Measuring Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/anonymous-1_deed_measuring-life-by-what-others-do-for-us_96497.jpg" --- > [Measuring life by what others do for us may disappoint us...But Measuring life by what we do for others will add more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/measuring-life-by-what-others-do-for-us-may-disappoint-us-but/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/anonymous-1_deed_measuring-life-by-what-others-do-for-us_96497.jpg) > [Don't put off joy and happiness. Strive to live each day to its fullest, squeezing all the joy you can out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robbins/don-t-put-off-joy-and-happiness-strive-to-live-each-day-to-its/) [Tony Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/tony-robbins-232_each-day_don-t-put-off-joy-and-happiness-strive-t_245988.jpg) > [Everything man does today to be efficient, to fill the hour? It does not satisfy. It only makes him hungry to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/everything-man-does-today-to-be-efficient-to-fill-the-hour-it-does/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f21/mitch-albom-187_doe_everything-man-does-today-to-be-efficien_567533.png) > [I measure my life out in books." "You should be measuring your life by living. Correction: you shouldn't be measuring your life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-messud/i-measure-my-life-out-in-books-you-should-be-measuring-your-life-by/) [Claire Messud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-messud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/claire-messud-1372_book_i-measure-my-life-out-in-books-you-shoul_1191524.png) > [“How much dust can a body make? Little specks of death. Measuring life in millimeters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-galloway/how-much-dust-can-a-body-make-little-specks-of-death-measuring-life/) [Ryan Galloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-galloway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/ryan-galloway-45659_death_how-much-dust-can-a-body-make-little-spe_1644308.jpg) > [When you are measuring life, you are not living it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/when-you-are-measuring-life-you-are-not-living-it/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/mitch-albom-187_life_when-you-are-measuring-life-you-are-not_1681867.png) > [Measuring Life By What Others Do To You May Disappoint You. But Measuring Life By What You Do For Others Will Add…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pacifiersucker/measuring-life-by-what-others-do-to-you-may-disappoint-you-but/) [Pacifiersucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pacifiersucker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/859/pacifiersucker-133_appreciate-life_measuring-life-by-what-others-do-to-you_2485763.jpg) > [When I have my interview with my God, our conversation will focus on the individuals whose self-esteem I was able to strengthen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/when-i-have-my-interview-with-my-god-our-conversation-will-focus-on/) [Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/clayton-christensen-2433_able_when-i-have-my-interview-with-my-god-our_2974325.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/measuring-life/#itemlist", "name": "Measuring Life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Measuring life by what others do for us may disappoint us...But Measuring life by what we do for others will add more meaning to our life...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/measuring-life-by-what-others-do-for-us-may-disappoint-us-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/anonymous-1_deed_measuring-life-by-what-others-do-for-us_96497.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/anonymous-1_deed_measuring-life-by-what-others-do-for-us_96497.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/anonymous-1_deed_measuring-life-by-what-others-do-for-us_96497.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Measuring life by what others do for us may disappoint us...But Measuring life by what we do for others will…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't put off joy and happiness. 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