Yardsticks Quotes

41 Yardsticks quotes by 38 unique authors

Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another. — Lennart Meri
History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is only too ready… — Gustav Stresemann
Security isn't what the wise person looks for; it's opportunity. And once we begin looking for that, we find it on every side. You can… — Earl Nightingale
Money has, as we know, no value in itself. It is a convenient yardstick for a large number of material values. But the health and… — Karl Evang
There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility. — Karl Lehmann
But our minds are bound to the yardstick of yesterday, today and tomorrow, and with that yardstick we try to inquire into the unknown, to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. — Steve Jobs
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else. — John Madden
You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together. — Earl Nightingale
Now, brethren, do not expect perfection in your choice of a mate. Do not be so particular that you overlook her most important qualities of… — Ezra Taft Benson
Without a yardstick sometimes the high points can be taken for granted. — Jasper Fforde
One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest… — Ezra Taft Benson
My yardstick is how somebody treats me. — Truman Capote
Books are still the main yardstick by which I measure true wealth. — Tamora Pierce
To complain that man measures God by his own experience is a waste of time; man measures everything by his own experience; he has no… — Dorothy L. Sayers

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