Quotes About Measure

once you introduce formal measures of success, "reality"—for the organization—becomes that which exists on paper, and the human reality that lies behind it is a secondary consideration at best.

And then my grandfather explained -in his language- that utopias are not for mortals. And that people are like flies, that the stories they are told must be like flypaper. Utopias are gold-covered paper, he said, and flypaper is covered in everything man secretes from his body and his life. Especially the suffering. And our hope is that its measure is the measure of man, and forgiveness.

When a particular measure is used as an indicator of the performance of a system, people may choose to target that measure, improving its value but at the cost of other aspects of the system.

The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.

When you have become God's in the measure he desires, then he himself will bestow you upon others; unless, to your greater glory, he chooses to keep you all to himself.

Greatness in the kingdom of God is measured in terms of obedience.

Nothing in or of this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of God.

The grace of God is infinite and beyond our ability to measure. His grace has no beginning and therefore no end.

When God measures a church, He begins with its depth not its breadth, with its substance not its style.

God's holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil.

Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction.

The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private profound communion we have with Him.

God measures out affliction to our need.

Jesus measured greatness in terms of service not status. God determines your greatness by how many people you serve, not how many people serve you.

To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.

God is a being who gives everything but punishment in over measure.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain. I'll say it again. God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

A good reputation is measured by how much you can improve the lives of others.

All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.

Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.

As such, the least practicable measure of government must be the best. Anything beyond the minimum must be oppression.

Success should be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws.

My happiness is measured against my kids' happiness - when they're in a good place, I feel really good.

If you can measure success in this business based on happiness alone I feel like I've hit the lottery.