Measured Quotes

808 Measured quotes by 650 unique authors

Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life. — George Monbiot
I have always been faithful to you if faithful means the experience against which everything else has been measured. — Anita Shreve
I called. Why wasn't anyone here?"- Elena We were here." Clay said. "Around, anyway. You should have left a message." I did. Two hours ago."… — Kelley Armstrong
Greed is not defined by what something costs; it is measured by what it costs you. If anything costs you your faith or your family,… — Max Lucado
I am a member of a fragile species, still new to the earth, the youngest creatures of any scale, here only a few moments as… — Lewis Thomas
strength, like height, is measured by who you're standin next to! — Leslie Feinberg
Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were… — Jodi Picoult
Magic could not be measured and explained in scientific terms, for magic grew through destroying the very natural principles that made science as people knew… — Ilona Andrews
It is not easy to measure the ocean, but we can be measured by it, confront it, and be in it. — Terence McKenna
The two men stared at each other. Assumptions were made, judgments rendered, dicks measured. — Jennifer Estep
To our brothers and sisters in harm’s way, we say that we pray for you. We pray that the Lord will watch over you and… — Gordon B. Hinckley
A man is not measured by how much he can take and stand but by how fast he regains once fallen. — George S. Patton
The animal should not be measured by man. In a world older than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the sense… — Henry Beston
P.S. If it's not a secret, will you tell me how you got my dollhouse inside our living room last Christmas? I know its too… — Joanne Fluke
A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length. — Gabrielle Zevin
Time is not measured by the years that you live But by the deeds that you do and the joy that you give- And each… — Helen Steiner Rice
Abstracts are real and time is a lie, it cannot be measured when one moment can expand to hold everything. — Elizabeth Berg
But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little have been tried. — Henry David Thoreau
Most lives are not distinguished by great achievements. They are measured by an infinite number of small ones. Each time you do a kindness for… — Lisa Kleypas
Living was okay, but it wasn't the breaths people took that measured a life. It was the moments that took those breaths away that mattered… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
We want to make good time, but for us now this is measured with the emphasis on "good" rather than on "time".... — Robert M. Pirsig
A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. — Tim Ferriss
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world… — Charles Darwin
There must be a few times in life when you stand at a precipice of a decision. When you know there will forever be a… — Justina Chen
It's kind of like when a clock battery runs down. The hour and minute hands don't disappear, but they don't keep ticking either. They freeze… — Rachel Vincent

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