Length Quotes

722 quotes by 604 authors

The great age of the earth will appear greater to man when he understands the origin of living organisms and the reasons for the gradual… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to run the risk… — Alexander Hamilton
...True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine… — Charles Spurgeon
American society is very like a fish society. . . . Among certain species of fish, the only thing which determines order of dominance is… — Margaret Mead
I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of science, useful at this day,… — Thomas Jefferson
After being taught sets and reps and working at it for a length of time you can't paint by numbers anymore. It must come from… — Tom Platz
Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompany'd; for beast and bird, They to their… — John Milton
His four year contract renewal: As always, I remain hopeful that Don Cherry won't be offered the same length contract. — Ron MacLean
The advent of the rubber ball was instrumental in creating an entirely different method of striking the object. The solid ball required to be hit… — Harry Vardon
To suppress the grief, the pain, is to condemn oneself to a living death. Living fully means feeling fully; it means becoming completely one with… — Philip Kapleau
You cannot judge the value of a life by its length. — Esther Hicks
Life's like a play; it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. — Seneca the Younger
Whoever aims publicly at great things and at length perceives secretly that he is too weak to achieve them, has usually also insufficient strength to… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length. — Plutarch
The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His… — Samuel Adams
Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages. — Lord Byron
You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts. — Al McGuire
Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy soft contentment to the skies. — Agnes Repplier
Proud people keep others at arm's length. Broken people are willing to take the risks of getting close to others and loving intimately. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there- in sunny weather- stretched at… — Mark Twain

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