Measure Quotes

2084 Measure quotes by 1450 unique authors

Natural causes, as we know, are at work, which tend to modify, if they do not at length destroy, all the arrangements and dimensions of… — James Clerk Maxwell
Perpetual modernism is the measure of merit in every work of art. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The antitheist is quick to excoriate all religious belief by generically laying the blame at the door of all who claim to be religious, without… — Ravi Zacharias
Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left. — Fulton J. Sheen
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess. — Seneca the Elder
Effort is a measure of a Man. — William James
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness. — Carl Jung
The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. — Julia Child
The true measure of life is not length, but honesty. — John Lyly
No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution. — B. C. Forbes
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The truth brings with it a great measure of absolution, always. — R. D. Laing
A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul. — Leo Tolstoy
Absolute, true, and mathematical time, in and of itself and of its own nature, without reference to anything external, flows uniformly and by another name… — Isaac Newton
Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend. — Lucian
The uniform necessities of human nature produce in a great measure uniformity of life, and for part of the day make one place like another;… — Samuel Johnson
Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway… — Felix Frankfurter
They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against… — Khalil Gibran
Often have I sighed to measure By myself a lonely pleasure,- Sighed to think I read a book, Only read, perhaps, by me. — William Wordsworth
God doesn't measure His bounty, but oh how we do! — Mignon McLaughlin
Now intelligence seemed quantifiable. You could measure someone's actual or potential height, and now, it seemed, you could also measure someone's actual or potential intelligence.… — Howard Gardner
I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who… — H. L. Mencken
No very deep knowledge of economics is usually needed for grasping the immediate effects of a measure; but the task of economics is to foretell… — Ludwig von Mises
[T]he theory of output as a whole, which is what the following book purports to provide, is much more easily adapted to the conditions of… — John Maynard Keynes
[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld otherwise than by… — Algernon Sidney

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