Measured Quotes

808 Measured quotes by 650 unique authors

The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured,… — Alphonse de Lamartine
I think in the coming decade we will see well-conducted research demonstrating that emotional skills and competencies predict positive outcomes at home with one's family,… — Peter Salovey
Success can only be measured in terms of distance traveled... — Mavis Gallant
The brain, or cerebrum, is a material entity located inside the skull which may be inspected, touched, weighed, and measured. It is composed of chemicals,… — Jose Manuel Rodriguez Delgado
Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts; you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured… — Willie Stargell
A man's worth is measured by how he parents his children. What he gives them, what he keeps away from them, the lessons he teaches… — Unknown Author
Success shouldn't be measured by how much you have but by how much you give back. — Danny Villanueva
Life is not measured by its length, but by its depth. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You had measured how long a fool you were upon the ground. — William Shakespeare
Maybe 23 cents doesn't sound like a lot to someone with a Swiss bank account, Cayman Island Investments and an IRA worth tens of millions… — Lilly Ledbetter
Observations not only disturb what is to be measured, they produce it. — Unknown Author
All that exists, exists in some amount and can be measured. — Edward Thorndike
His [Henry Cavendish's] Theory of the Universe seems to have been, that it consisted solely of a multitude of objects which could be weighed, numbered,… — George Wilson
The simplicity of nature is not to be measured by that of our conceptions. Infinitely varied in its effects, nature is simple only in its… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
Something might be true while being harmful and dangerous in the highest degree. Indeed, it might be a basic characteristic of existence that those who… — Friedrich Nietzsche
My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater. — Al-Shafiâ€˜i
The fullness or emptiness of life will be measured by the extent to which a man feels that he has an impact on the lives… — Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Our love can't be measured. It just is. — Unknown Author
Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the future… — Ray Stannard Baker
The law of the heart is thus the same as the law of muscular tissue generally, that the energy of contraction, however measured, is a… — Ernest Starling
Poverty, therefore, was comparative. One measured it by a sliding scale. One was always poor, in terms of those who were richer. — Margaret Drabble
The chief difference between good writing and better writing may be measured by the number of imperceptible hesitations the reader experiences as he goes along. — James J. Kilpatrick
Moreover, photography has made it possible to fix these images and now provides us with a permanent record of each observed spectrum, which can be… — Pieter Zeeman
...the program of scientific experimentation that leads you to conclude that animals are imbeciles is profoundly anthropocentric. It values being able to find your way… — J M Coetzee
This is the essential element that cannot be measured by any analysis or device, and I believe it's at the heart of success in all… — Garry Kasparov

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