Measure Quotes

2084 Measure quotes by 1450 unique authors

Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he… — Winston Churchill
But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
Human beings are not like sheep; and even sheep are not undistinguishably alike. A man cannot get a coat or a pair oboots to fit… — John Stuart Mill
Four seasons fill the measure of the year; there are four seasons in the minds of men. — John Keats
And some by hours; Some measure days by dreams And some by flowers; My heart alone records My days and hours. — Madison Cawein
Do not measure your life by your goals but what you are doing to achieve them. — Peter Drucker
Only when a tree has fallen can you take the measure of it. It is the same with a man. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential. — Bud Wilkinson
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind the line lie all the capitals… — Winston Churchill
Invulnerable to time, dedicated to the messianic happiness of thinking for us, knowing that we knew that he would not take any decision for us… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Measure a person by what they do with power. — Pittacus of Mytilene
Love is the measure of life; only so far as we love do we really live. — John Burroughs
Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other measure that would… — Milton Friedman
Certain people give off positive energy, others negative. It's the quality of someone's being, a measure of the love with which they've led their lives.… — Judith Orloff
Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks- the traffic signal that said "Walk" the second you go there- and downticks- the itch… — Ann Brashares
Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter. — Nadine Gordimer
We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the… — Martin Sheen
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. — Jimmy Carter
The boomers will eventually have to accept that it is not possible to stay young forever or to stop aging. But it is possible by… — Eric Liu
No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it. — Oliver Goldsmith
It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad. — Plutarch
Recalling the aftermath of her father's death from alcoholism at age 42, this memoirist reminisces: I couldn't deny that our life was so much better… — Sonia Sotomayor
We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline. — Cesar Chavez
There is a great fear of our Union - a fear that I do not fully understand, but that I know is present...What is it… — Cesar Chavez
We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances… — Agnes Repplier

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