Measure Quotes

The health of a democratic society may be

measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress;

therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken

until after they shall have deliberated

upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

Our ability to handle

life's challenges is a

measure of our strength

of character.

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

What gets measured gets managed.

It is not the style of clothes one wears,

neither the kind of automobile one drives,

nor the amount of money one has in the bank,

that counts.

These mean nothing.

It is simply service that measures success.

The measure of the greatness of a society is found

in the way it treats its weakest and most vulnerable members.

Life is not measured by the breaths we take,

but by the moments that take our breath away.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one

has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task

remaining before us, that from these honored dead

we take increased devotion to that cause for

which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

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

For my part, I desire to see the time when education

and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry

shall become much more general than at present,

and should be gratified to have it in my power

to contribute something to the advancement of

any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate

the happy period.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is

the influence of good women.

In the end,

you’re measured not by how much you undertake but

by what you finally accomplish.

A man’s true measure is how he treats those

who can do nothing for him.

No one has ever measured,

even poets,

how much a heart can hold.

Greatness is measured by how you handle adversity.

There are other measures of self

respect for a man,

than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

A man's friendships

are one of the best

measures of his worth.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone

who can do him absolutely no good.