Quotation Explorer - 'Measure'

It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will. - Sallust
People who are arrogant on account of their wealth are about equal to the Laplanders, who measure a man's worth by the number of his reindeer.
Love does not measure qualities, nor sets any standards. Love happens. - Auliq Ice
The real measure of success is how one feels about being alive. - Marty Rubin
The paradox in Christian truth is invariably due to the fact that it is the truth that exists for God. The standard of measure and the end is superhuman; and there is only one relationship possible: faith. - Søren Kierkegaard
People only get married when they've no other option, out of panic or desperation or so as not to lose someone they couldn't bear to lose. It's always the most conventional things that contain the largest measure of madness. - Javier Marías
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 despotism and oppression. He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.
We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all. - William Hazlitt
Share your dreams and they will be inspired. Plant seeds of knowledge and they will grow and reproduce beyond measure. - Terry A. O'Neal
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. - Martin Luther King Jr.
So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it.
The most treasured and sacred moments of our lives are those filled with the spirit of love. The greater the measure of our love, the greater is our joy. In the end, the development of such love is the true measure of success in life. - Joseph B. Wirthlin
Love doesn't measure that way... you may blame me for your feelings, but it isn't fair to blame me for how you've chosen to behave. - Kristin Cashore
knowledge depends on the mode of the knower; for what is known is in the knower according to the measure of his mode - Thomas Aquinas
You are a child of the universeCome to choose how to live here.You are a child of the universeLoved beyond measure. - Jay Woodman
There is measure in all things. - Horace
If I were to measure my successes by the mistakes that I have made & only focus on the lessons that were learned along the way, then that in itself overall, would be a positive step in the right direction. - Christine Upton
Yes, love your family, and also love your friends. For some friends are truly family. Love the people in your life. Love them without measure. And don’t worry about spoilage. Potatoes spoil, people don’t spoil. - Steve Goodier
Any great art work revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world - the extent to which it invites you in and lets you breathe its strange, special air. - Leonard Bernstein
Don’t stop when you fail. Instead, use your failures to measure your level of success. - Kevin J. Donaldson
The probability of an event is the reason we have to believe that it has taken place, or that it will take place.The measure of the probability of an event is the ratio of the number of cases favourable to that event, to the total number of cases favourable or contrary, and all equally possible. - Siméon Denis Poisson
The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations. - Wade Davis
Don’t try to live to make an impression on anyone. Accept God’s provision for your life. Don’t live or act beyond the measure of the Grace of Christ upon your life. - Benjamin Suulola
If you measure your life by what you own, the cavern of your heart will never be filled. - James D. Maxon
The knowledge we gain from textbooks can never measure to the wisdom we gain through experience. - Anika de Souza
I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine. - Bertrand Russell
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing viability of Fortran. - Alan Perlis
I say to myself: "Who are you to measure infinite power? - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I build boxesand place them at your feet,to measure the distance between dreams and reality. - Jessica Kristie
The measure of stupidity is letting change being drived by others. - Alessandro Malaguti
The measure of any society is how it treats its women and girls. - First Lady Michelle Obama
The measure of a Christian is not in the height of his grasp but in the depth of his love - Clarence Jordan
Measure your life not by its duration, but by its contribution. - Debasish Mridha
Using someone else’s ruler to measure your self-worth will always leave you short. - Charles F. Glassman
We cannot measure time. We can only measure changes of life and the universe. - Debasish Mridha
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. - C.G. Jung
One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention. - Clifton Fadiman
Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man of financial wealth who values himself by his financial net worth is poorer than a poor man who values himself by his intrinsic self worth. - Sidney Madwed
Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them has shaped my understanding of human behavior, of our place in nature. - Jane Goodall
If time is analog, then the New Year is an ephemeral event with no time measure at all, not even a nanosecond. It's careening around the world towards you, like some subatomic particle wave. Whoops -- you missed it. - Scott Archer Jones
How many people you bless is how you measure success - Rick Ross
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life. - Jimmy Carter
Success brings a measure of credibility. The fastest way to turn credibility into authority is to deliver results. The best way to deliver results is to help others succeed. You can help others succeed by being helpful. Always look for ways to be helpful. Helpful people are always in demand. - Richie Norton
It seems to me a measure of the true perversity of the human race, that one of its very few reliably pleasurable activities should be the subject of so much hysteria and repression. - A dangerous Method, 2011 (Movie)
To obtain wealth beyond measure, seek to make more friends than money. - Richelle E. Goodrich
The measure of success is not by opulence but by happiness - Debasish Mridha
Trials are a measure of your faith, so be courageous when going through trials in life. - Gugu Mona
Our measure of hope is in direct proportion to our ability to conquer hopelessness. - LeeAnn Taylor
Oh, Confucius, "real knowledge" is to know we will ever be able to measure the extent of our, or one's, ignorance. - Lúcia Ramos
The prudent people are able to measure a person's level of selfishness by the amount of time s/he spends enjoying looking to oneself in the mirror. - Anuj Somany
Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them. - Saint Basil
Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. - Albert Einstein
The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure. - Stephen Richards
For me a house or an apartment becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog. - Roger A. Caras
The measure of wisdom is in simplicity, humility, and in friendliness. - Debasish Mridha M.D.
It is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security which, without mathematics, they could not attain. - Albert Einstein
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. - Albert Einstein
Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good. - Ann Landers
What makes you a Man? In My opinion it is the same thing that makes you a woman. It's what makes us all who we are. The capacity to care. If you stop caring, you stop being. The measure of anyone is determined by their capacity to care. - Tim Dutton
Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Measure your life not by the dimension of your bank account but by the expansion of your kindness and love. - Debasish Mridha
Self-correction makes me check the ruler of my life against the yardstick of my inner voice. I acknowledge when I don’t measure up. Self-correction is an ongoing process. If done often enough, I can stop myself from straying off the path. - Stella Payton
Never look to other couples to measure your worth; look to God to fulfill your call. Don't compare yourself with other couples to measure your happiness; compare your obedience with God's design on your life to measure your faithfulness. - Gary Thomas
The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money. - Unknown
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of effort is the measure of the results.
Some of my friends support the measure, and some of my friends oppose it. I support my friends.
Those who know the true use of money, and regulate the measure of wealth according to their needs, live contented with few things. - Baruch Spinoza
For none of us can ever express the exact measure of his needs or his thoughts or his sorrows; and human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars. - Gustave Flaubert
The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holders lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately. - Bertrand Russell
Living in a world where people measure their happiness by self-indulgence and decadence, Is like watching a whole society being pushed into the abyss of perpetual decay and aberrations. - Husam Wafaei
I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential. - Shirley Chisholm
Measure your success by the ladder you set for yourself and not on what somebody achieved or done! - Unarine Ramaru
How easily we get trapped in that which is not essential - in looking good, winning at competition, gathering power and wealth - when simply being alive is the gift beyond measure. - Parker J. Palmer
Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality. - George Santayana
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed. - Horace
If you can hear the humming sound of your air conditioner or fridge, it is a measure of time you are wasting. - J. K. Envy
the measure of achievements in life are directly related to the acquire knowledge, not to the social recognition. - Jaime Tenorio Valenzuela
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire. - Arab Proverb
The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power. - Ninon de Lenclos
Measure your day not by the money you earn but by the love you're giving away. - Debasish Mridha
Spoken words have power beyond measure. - Debasish Mridha
Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.
Measure your day not by the money you're earning but by the unconditional love that you're giving away. - Debasish Mridha
A constant human error: to believe in an end to one's fantasies. Our daydreams are the measure of our unreachable truth. The secret of all things lies in the emptiness of the formula that guard them. - Floriano Martins
The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself. - Brian Tracy
A true DreamChaser knows how to sacrifice beyond measure and live with the decision. - Jordan Mitchell
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. - Arthur C. Clarke
You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange. - Milan Kundera
The measure of a man is what he does with power. - Plato
If you truly love someone, have the faith to 'let them go.' Encourage them to be the fullest measure of themselves, and you will be overwhelmed by the love that your spouse returns to you. - Seth Adam Smith
You are an unusual, brilliant child who has not seen enough of life to grasp the full measure of human stupidity. - Ayn Rand
This is the true measure of love: when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor. - Hesiod
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 and controversy. - Martin Luther King Jr.
I believe that the measure of my soul is my capacity to love imperfect people. - Joseph Grenny
Making a dream come true is like taking control of an airplane high up in the stratosphere and landing it safely on the ground a measure of forethought, skill and courage is definitely required. - Silvia Hartmann
The distance between who I am, and who I want to be is measure only, by my actions. - Anonymous
It is of the greatest important in this world that a man should know himself, and the measure of his own strength and means; and he who knows that he has not a genius for fighting must learn how to govern by the arts of peace. - Niccolò Machiavelli
Love has value even though we can’t measure it. Silence has meaning even though we can’t understand it. - Debasish Mridha
The greatest measure of success is the amount of joy you experience. - Marie Cornelio
Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us. - Steven Tyler
Come not within the measure of my wrath. - William Shakespeare
Measure your success by the number of people who envy you. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Honesty must sometimes be taken in small measure, like a bitter medicine. - Jan Cox Speas
There should be a measure for happiness or sadness, like the width of your smile, the twinkle in your eyes, the depth of your laughter or the salt of your tears. - Srividya Srinivasan
Don’t measure life against time. Measure life by the milestones you have reached. - Debasish Mridha
Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured. - Galileo Galilei
Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time. - Jorge Luis Borges
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. - Jiddu Krishnamurti
You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist. - Isaac Asimov
Grades don't measure Intelligence, Age doesn't define Maturity - An intelligent student
Any great work of art . . . revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world -- the extent to which it invites you in and lets you breathe its strange, special air. - Leonard Bernstein
-- So this is the measure of your God's Mercy.-- No. This is the measure of Pharaoh's soul. - The NT Translation (Moses)
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. - C.G. Jung
I used to measure the skies, now I measure the shadows of Earth.Although my mind was sky-bound, the shadow of my body lies here.[Epitaph he composed for himself a few months before he died] - Johannes Kepler
It is the storyteller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval. - Graham Greene
Riches are not only measure with monetary value. - Lailah Gifty Akita
Measure your day by the love you are giving away. - Debasish Mridha
I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father," she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who love you unconditionally, don't you think? - Jodi Picoult
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. - Marianne Williamson
I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true. - Carl Sagan
Intense love does not measure, it just gives. - Mother Teresa
Let us measure time not by moments but by memories. - Debasish Mridha
The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation. - Corrie ten Boom
The first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a free falling body was Father Giambattista Riccioli. - Thomas E. Woods Jr.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom - George S. Patton Jr.
The ultimate measure of a person is not her mistakes or accomplishments, but what she does with them. - Liza M. Wiemer
To make an action honorable, it ought to be agreeable to the age, and other circumstances of the person; since it is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad. - Plutarch
Do not measure the number of tragedies you suffer, quantify the success derived from the. - Jacqueline Susann
If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.
The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. - George Santayana
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. - Samuel Johnson
I did not fear that I might tread upon a live rail and be killed. I feared something far more intangible-doing what was not contemplated by the Machine. Then I said to myself, Man is the measure, and I went, and after many visits I found an opening. - E.M. Forster
You are great in Christ and you are powerful beyond measure! - Deaquelynn Williams
A federation of all humanity, together with a sufficient measure of social justice, to ensure health, education, and a rough equality of opportunity to most of the children born into the world, would mean such a release and increase of human energy as to open a new phase in human history. - H.G. Wells
I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it. - Arthur Schopenhauer
There is a measure in everything. There are fixed limits beyond which and short of which right cannot find a resting place. - Horace
Until you can measure something and express it in numbers, you have only the begining of understanding.
Nerds don't just happen to dress informally. They do it too consistently. Consciously or not, they dress informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity. - Paul Graham
You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures - Elizabeth Gilbert
Man is the measure of all things. - Protagoras
For if you do not wish to be ‘just a number’ then do not measure yourself accordingly. Bank statements and scales are instruments employed by society that confine you to a limited summation of yourself born is the human void. - Nicole Bonomi
DRAGOON, n. A soldier who combines dash and steadiness in so equal measure that he makes his advances on foot and his retreats on horseback. - Ambrose Bierce
I couldn't suppress a smile. It was inconceivable that I was here, in a place as extraordinary as the fantasy books Sophie loved. Maybe...just maybe those stories are based on a measure of truth. Maybe one day I'd write our story. - Heather L. L. FitzGerald
Giving these students, teenagers, any form of power over the use of their own words, allowing them to turn everyday raw material into some form of beauty, is a gift beyond measure. - Gloria Ng
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. - Marianne Williamson
God is a concept by which we measure our pain. - John Lennon
One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
I measure every Grief I meetWith narrow, probing, Eyes;I wonder if It weighs like Mine,Or has an Easier size. - Emily Dickinson
Every poet will forever try to write the greatest poem ever written, I have found that this kind of poem can be written with One word. And that word consists of a beauty beyond any measure to man and one of the most beauty creations to grace the presents of man. That one word poem is…….. YOU - Michael Jones
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. - W.T. Purkiser
So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. - Haniel Long
Measure yourself by your best moments, not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression. - Robert Johnson
The human spirit holds remarkable strength, in times of adversity and pain, some stand taller after they've fallen proving that you can't measure a want, a desire or a dream on the logic of physical reality. - Nikki Rowe
Without pleasure there is no sight or measure. - Dejan Stojanovic
All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile. - Chris Hart
I was raised to believe that God speaks in the language of sacrifice," he told me, "You are expected to sacrifice because it is the measure of the depth of your belief... - Neil Abramson
The measure of your greatness is not by the narrowness of your beliefs, but by the broadness of your vision. - Debasish Mridha
It's not so much what you accomplish. But what's more important is how far you've come to accomplish what you have.Success is the measure of not mere achievement, but also how hard one had to work. - Therone Shellman
The true measure of a man is how he treats you when others are not looking. - Alessandra Torre
Rosie loved Tom. Rosie had always loved Tom and, although she was unable to measure "always" in terms of years and months, this made perfect sense to her. Their love was not constrained by the mortal bonds of time; it was eternal, ageless and ancient beyond all recollection and record. - Tanya Bullock
if u think thaat achieving ur goals is the true measure of ur potential then u dont neeed us but if u think that u have the will to go beyond the limits of glory then come lets join us,,, after all u r what u want to be.... - Indian Navy
Stats don't measure an athlete's hunger. - Khang Kijarro Nguyen
I measure my friends not by being there with me when everything is going well, but embracing me when I'm criticized and when I endure tough times. - Terraine Francois
I don't know, and have no intention of finding out. IQ is like dick size - if you have to measure, you're way too invested in it. And both are gauche to discuss in polite company. (Upon being asked his IQ on Quora) - Adrian Lamo
Man cannot measure the bounds nor fathom the depths of divine forgiveness... - James E. Talmage
There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you. - David McCullough
What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education. - Harold Howe
The measure of greatness is in humility, simplicity, and in kindness. - Debasish Mridha
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
The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience. - Oswald Chambers
The true measure of a best friend is where they are when you make the biggest decision of your life, not where they were during the decision process. - Shannon L. Alder
We have done with Hope and Honour, we are lost to Love and Truth,We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung,And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth.God help us, for we knew the worst too young!from "Gentleman Rankers - Rudyard Kipling
Measure your own worth by the worth you attribute to others. - Marty Rubin
Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of ; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel. Johannes Kepler - Pythagoras
Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it. - H. James Harrington
Once in a while, life gives you a chance to measure your worth. Sometimes you're called upon to make a split-second decision to do the right thing, defining which way your life will go. These are the choices that make you who you are. - Perry Moore
The measure of a country’s prosperity should not be how many poor people drive cars, but how many affluent people use public transportation. - Michael Hogan
Thoughts are powerful beyond measure. - Lailah Gifty Akita
Birthday should be considered as a unit of measurement to measure our present status toward success! - Mohith Agadi
Depth of understanding involves something which is more than merely a matter of deconstructive alertness; it involves a measure of interpretative charity and at least the beginnings of a wide responsiveness. - Stefan Collini
The measure of wealth is the ability to afford ones' mistakes. - Elyse Wilk
My journey has begunand the direction is upwards. I am shooting for the stars and will come back with a shine like never before. I am blessed beyond measure. - Positive Attitude
If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a footrule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved. - George Bernard Shaw
Don't measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it. - Max Lucado
Time never changes—only we change. We measure the changes of our lives and think that we are measuring time. We are just measuring the movement of the earth. - Debasish Mridha
The Measure of success isn't money or the number of books you write, it is seen in the faces of those you love - Jason W. Blair
Silence is often a measure of success. - Michael Bungay Stanier
The true measure of your success is the degree to which within you are truly content - and the depth to which others hold you with real love and respect - Rasheed Ogunlaru
Because of the indefinite nature of the human mind, wherever it is lost in ignorance man makes himself the measure of all things. - Giambattista Vico
you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry - Dale Carnegie
The power of giving is beyond measure. - Lailah Gifty Akita
Measure your life not by its duration but by its contribution. - Debasish Mridha
Measure your life not by years but by adventures. - Debasish Mridha
The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy. - Auliq Ice
To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world. - George Santayana
Sometimes the measure of friendship isn't your ability to not harm but your capacity to forgive the things done to you and ask forgiveness for your own mistakes. - Randy K. Milholland
I always wonder how to measure how beautiful life is. - Debasish Mridha
We evaluate, measure, and describe this world from our own point of view, but how does a tree see the world? - Debasish Mridha
To measure the man, measure his heart. - Malcolm Forbes
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach. - Pliny the Elder
I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world. - W. Somerset Maugham
The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis. - Thurgood Marshall
Measure your life not by its longevity but by the differences you have made with your creativity and beauty. - Debasish Mridha
You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them. - Orison Swett Marden
The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men around to his opinion twenty years later. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't measure your wealth by how much money you have. Measure your wealth by how many things you have that you wouldn't take money for.
Measure your life in love. - Jonathan Larson
Modern invention has been a great leveler. A machine may operate far more quickly than a political or economic measure to abolish privilege and wipe out the distinctions of class or finance. - Ivor Brown
Instead of measuring yourself by your weight, measure yourself by your acts of kindness. - Elle Sommer
The Christian Journey is not just to a place "Heaven", it is also to a person "Jesus". Ephesians 4:13 says "Till we all come to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ - Kingsley Opuwari Manuel
A woman that knows her worth doesn't measure herself against another woman but stands strong, calmed and self confident. - Auliq Ice
I believe one should never invalidate another, even if you don't agree. No one is ever 100% right or 100% wrong. There is always some measure of truth on both sides." - L. R. W. Lee - L.R.W. Lee
Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed: for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. - Rene Descartes
The world is your canvas and your teacher.Take a day to reflect, measure and adjust on your goals; progress is essential to continued success. - Bob Proctor
Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing - peace is the measure. - George Melton
Let us liberate ourselves from any form of control. Let us focus at the inner drum, where the rhythm aligns with that of our heart. The measure of responsibility, equals to the need for evolution. Just listen, the inner child, let it whisper in your ear. - Grigoris Deoudis
He does not regard the quantity of faith, but the quality. He does not measure its degree, but its truth. He will not break any bruised reed, nor quench any smoking flax. He will never let it be said that any perished at the foot of the cross. - J.C. Ryle
The measure of a person’s strength is not his muscular power or strength, but it is his flexibility and adaptability. - Debasish Mridha
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals. - Booker T. Washington
Love is the key to the mystery. Love by its very nature is not selfish, but generous. It seeks not its own, but the good of others. The measure of love is not the pleasure it gives-that is the way the world judges it-but the joy and peace it can purchase for others. - Fulton J. Sheen
Crossing the ocean even on the Queen Elizabeth 2, you know in your bones, with every mile gained, that you have left your familiar world behind. You feel the full measure of the earth and heavens. - John Phillp Santos
The greatness of the man's power is the measure of his surrender. - William Booth
The true measure of a person is not in what he knows, but what he does with what he knows. - Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
A man's measure is his will. - Ali ibn Abi Talib
Rewards are not simply given, they are earned. Each of your trials and tribulations increases your reward. You are destined for success and greatness beyond measure. So smile to increase your endurance and laugh in the face of adversity. - Carlos Wallace
The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research. - Paul A.M. Dirac
If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other. - Carl Schurz
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. - J. K. Rowling
Nobody has ever seen an electron. Nor a thought. You can't see a thought, you can't measure, weigh, nor taste it- but thoughts are the most real things in the Galaxy.
One should measure their life by the faith they embrace and the relationships they cherish - John Paul Warren
The Six Steps to Success: 1) Define Success 2) Devise a Plan 3) Execute and Overcome Adversity 4) Measure Results with Key Metrics 5) Revise the Plan 6) Work Hard - Ken Poirot
In order to know virtue, we must acquaint ourselves with vice. Only then can we know the true measure of a man. - Marquis de Sade
If you invoke faith as justification for your belief, you must accept the same from others. And every person who retreats to faith bears a measure of responsibility for every act of hate and violence justified by it. - Nate Phelps
Books measure time in both moments and years. We all grow old but the stories never will. - R.M. Engelhardt
Cripples are not the stuff of romance. Only Lord Byron, dragging his club foot, springs to mind as an exception to the rule, but such a failing in a man is regarded as interesting, even provocative, rather than disfiguring. Women must submit to a more exacting measure. - Mordecai Richler
Prayer is a connection from your heart with a force that is powerful beyond measure, loves unconditionally and impartially, and embraces you whenever you turn to it. - Pooja Ruprell
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