Measure Quotes

2084 Measure quotes by 1450 unique authors

How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding ; How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile. — Henry David Thoreau
One unconsciously takes it for granted that doer and sufferer think and feel alike, and according to this supposition we measure the guilt of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length. — Plutarch
Unto each one hath been prescribed a preordained measure, as decreed in God's mighty and guarded Tablets. All that which ye potentially possess can, however,… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army, which… — George Washington
And as the divine that goes forth from the Lord is the good of love and the truth of faith, the angels are angels and… — Emanuel Swedenborg
The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away. — Wayne Dyer
I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart. — Red Auerbach
Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor to measure words, but pouring… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only true measure of success is the amount of joy we are feeling. — Esther Hicks
The measure of love is love without measure. — Bernard of Clairvaux
Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where they should and… — Stephen Jay Gould
A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer. — Joseph Addison
Persistence is the great measure of individual human character. — Brian Tracy
Your persistence is, in fact, the true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Each time that you persist in the… — Brian Tracy
The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender. — William Booth
Man is the measure of all things. — Protagoras
Before any great achievement, some measure of depression is very usual. — Charles Spurgeon
When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in… — Alfie Kohn
Both in thy private sessions, and the universal assizes, thou shalt be sure of the same Judge, the same jury, the same witnesses, the same… — Thomas Adams
If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in grace according to… — John Owen
With increasing distance, our knowledge fades, and fades rapidly. Eventually, we reach the dim boundary-the utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows, and… — Edwin Powell Hubble
If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder and awe, he… — A. E. Housman
If we consider what science already has enabled men to know-the immensity of space, the fantastic philosophy of the stars, the infinite smallness of the… — Guglielmo Marconi

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