Quotes About Measure

Lest we forget—that we are not the measure of all things. That reality has a force which we cannot legislate or legislate away. Lest we forget—that we are all carried out into the deep. I dream of escape, of swimming or floating or rafting away. And I dream of staying, of building monuments and religions and civilisations. But in the end we can't stay and we can't escape. So here I sit silent and restless.

humility is the true measure of wisdom.

If you dig a grave for your neighbour, first measure it for yourself.

Forgive me then, if the poems I write are about the fragments, the broken bridges, and unlit fences in my life. For the poet, the poem is not the measure of his love. It is the measure of all he's lost, or never seen, or what has no life, unless he gives it life with words. from "With Words

Radicalism hates time. Compromise hates eternity. Radicalism hates patience. Compromise hates decision. Radicalism hates wisdom. Compromise hates simplicity. Radicalism hates measure. Compromise hates the immeasurable.

You may not be able to measure God's love, but you can certainly experience it.

Of all things, only the heart is measure. And those who have hearts are always the hope of mankind.

You get one pass at life. That's all. Only one. And the lasting measure of that life is Jesus Christ.

Love is the measure of life; only so far as we love do we really live.

Breath is perhaps the first thing we have in life. It's how we measure the starting of life and it's how we measure the ending of life.

And I know now too that in some small measure I have the power to hurt him and also the power to make it better.

I can see now that it's the little things, the small efforts, that keep a relationship going. And I know now too that in some small measure I have the power to hurt him and also the power to make it better. This discover leaves me with an unsettling, queer sort of feeling in my chest for reasons I can't explain.

You know, I read a study that found that baking is actually therapeutic. It's something to do with the repetition of measuring ingredients, and creativity. Psychologists call it behavioral activation.

It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

Furthermore, even a deep, penetrating sense of our sinfulness does not do justice to the reality of our predicament. Our need is not to be measured by our own sense of need, but by what God had to do to meet that need.

They glanced at one another like tigers taking measure of a menacing new rival. But in this kind of jungle you could never be sure where the real danger lurked.

If this Government remains in power for another year and carries on in the same measure in this direction, it will go far towards making Germany a danger to world peace for years

Read anything I write for the pleasure of reading it. Whatever else you find will be the measure of what you brought to the reading.

Jesus did not come to strike a balance between grace and truth. He brought the full measure of both... It's easy to create an all-truth church model. It may be even easier to create an all-grace model, but Jesus didn't leave either option on the table.

The church is not here to win. Just the opposite. By every human measure, our Savior lost. On purpose. With a purpose.

I have always been faithful to you if faithful means the experience against which everything else has been measured.

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree.

The truth is an objective standard by which reality is measured; it's God's point of view on any subject.