Measure Quotes

Measure Quote of the day

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.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

If you can not measure it, you can not improve it.

The best measure of success, is how you deal with failure

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

The supreme measure of a man, is what he would risk his life for.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady disintegration of the Negro family structure over the past generation in the United States.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

Well, paycheck protection is an important ingredient for a successful campaign finance reform measure.

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.

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

The measure of a man is in the lives he’s touched.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.

Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.

The true measure of a man is the degree to which he has managed to subjugate his ego.

If you can't measure it, you can't change it.

The measure of a man is not how many servants he has but how many men he serves .

The measure of a man’s character is not determined by how he handles his wins, but how he handles his failures.

Conscience. Conscience is the ultimate measure of a man.

All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile.

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.

I believe the measure of a man isn't just the road he's traveled; it's the choices he's made along the way.

If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.

Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.

You can't measure success if you have never failed.

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

The measure of a man's culture is the measure of his appreciation. We are ourselves what we appreciate and no more.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

The only true measure of success is the amount of joy we are feeling.

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.

The measure of a man's estimate of your strength is the kind of weapons he feels that he must use in order to hold you fast in a prescribed place.

The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.

The true measure of a man is how he behaves when death is close.

The measure of a man is not necessarily his title or his position, but rather how he treats others.

It is simply service that measures success.

The true measure of success isn't winning, it's whether you won & could actually deliver.

With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure.

Nature is not benevolent; Nature is just, gives pound for pound, measure for measure, makes no exceptions, never tempers her decrees with mercy, or winks at any infringement of her laws.