M Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with M. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings had not darkened because of her grief, nor sickened because of her pain. She might have seen that what had bowed her head so profoundly -the thought of the world's concern at her situation- was found on an illusion. She was not an existence, an experience, a passion, a structure of sensations, to anybody but herself.”
Source: Tess of the D'urbervilles
“Meanwhile, the U.S. debt remains, as it has been since 1790, a war debt; the United States continues to spend more on its military than do all other nations on earth put together, and military expenditures are not only the basis of the government's industrial policy; they also take up such a huge proportion of the budget that by many estimations, were it not for them, the United States would not run a deficit at all.”
“Meanwhile, their [evolutionists] unproven theories will continue to be accepted by the learned and the illiterate alike as absolute truth, and will be defended with a frantic intolerance that has a parallel only in the bigotry of the darkest Middle Ages. If one does not accept evolution as an infallible dogma, implicitly and without question, one is regarded as an unenlightened ignoramus or is merely ignored as an obscurantist or a naive, uncritical fundamentalist.”
“Meanwhile, there are some traditional battleground states - like Ohio and Iowa - that are becoming older, whiter and less educated. That's turning them from true battlegrounds into more reliable red states.”
“Meanwhile, what about the workers in those state monopolies that are being put up for sale? I am reminded of a technique for employee ownership that has worked well for many U.S. companies. It goes by various names, but the best known is "Employee Stock Ownership Program," or ESOP.”
“Meanwhile, Will had begun cutting his toast into strips and was making rude pictographs out of them. Oh, that looks rather like a ...- , Jem began.”
“Meanwhile,” Simon added, “I wanted to tell you that lately I‘ve been cross-dressing. Also, I‘m sleeping with your mom. I thought you should know.”
Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls
“Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases.”
“Measles will always show you if someone isn't doing a good job on vaccinations. Kids will start dying of measles.”
“Measure a man by his actions fully from the beginning to the end. Don’t take a piece out of my life or a song out of my music and say this is what I’m about because you know better than that.”
“Measure a person by what they do with power.”
“Measure a person’s worth by their character, not their possessions.”
Source: Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
“Measure fitness beyond physical metrics.”
Source: Rep By Rep
“Measure her rights and duties by the unerring standard of moral being… and then the truth will be self-evident, that whatever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do. I recognize no rights but human rights – I know nothing of men’s rights and women’s rights; for in Christ Jesus, there is neither male nor female. It is my solemn conviction, that, until this principle of equality is recognised and embodied in practice, the Church can do nothing effectual for the permanent reformation of the world.”
“Measure me while I live - after it will be too late.”
Source: Invitation to a beheading: a novel
“Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality.”
“Measure not God's love and favour by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds which hinder the manifestation of the light thereof.”
“Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)
“Measure of beauty is the number of good deeds done.”
Source: Phantasmagoria —was it? I'm still the hostage of my dream.
“Measure of truth is the good it does, truth without heart is bigotry supreme.”
Source: The Humanitarian Dictator
“Measure progress — not the time spent working.”
Source: BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose
“Measure progress — not the time that you’re working.”
Source: Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One
“Measure the CIO’s success on value creation, and you’ll get the kind of performance you need out of IT.”
Source: 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices
“Measure the hate you feel now, and the shame. That quantity is your capacity also to love and to feel joy and to have compassion.”
Source: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel
“Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it.”
Source: The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel
“Measure the success of your days by the lives touched vs the hours passed.”
“Measure thinker performance and doer performance differently but objectively.”
Source: Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance
“Measure time, you will get time. Measure delivery, you will get delivery.”
Source: HR Mastermind
“Measure twice, cut once applies as much to international strategy as it does to carpentry.”
Source: Go Glocal: The Definitive Guide to Success in Entering International Markets
“Measure what can be measured, and make measureable what cannot be measured.”
“Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure”
“Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.”
“Measure your day not by the money you're earning but by the unconditional love that you're giving away.”
“Measure your emotions. You don't need an atomic explosion for a minor point.”
“Measure your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin.”
Source: The Quotable Oswald Chambers
“Measure your life by how much of your time you have converted.”
Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
“Measure your life by products and by the results you produce.”
Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
“Measure your life by the product and value you produce daily”
“Measure your life by the value you have added.”
Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
“Measure your life in love.”
“Measure your life not by its duration but by its contribution.”
“Measure your life not by its longevity but by the differences you have made with your creativity and beauty.”
“Measure your life not by the dimension of your bank account but by the expansion of your kindness and love.”
“Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.”
“Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.”
“Measure your net worth not by how much you have, but by many people you impact.”
“Measure your progress by your experience of the love of God and its exercise before men.”
“Measure your success by your inner scorecard versus an outer one.”
“Measure your success with your happiness, not with other's opinions.”
Source: My Quest For Happy Life
“Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.”
Source: Highlighted in Yellow: A Short Course In Living Wisely And Choosing Well