T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The means prepare the end, and the end is what the means have made of it.”
“The means that heaven yields must be embraced, and not neglected; else, if heaven would, and we will not heaven's offer, we refuse the proffered means of succor and redress.”
Source: King Richard II: Third Series
“The means to laying up treasure in heaven is by giving to the poor.”
Source: Forever Rich
“The measure discriminates definitely against products which make up what has been universally considered a program of safe farming. The bill upholds as ideals of American farming the men who grow cotton, corn, rice, swine, tobacco, or wheat and nothing else. These are to be given special favors at the expense of the farmer who has toiled for years to build up a constructive farming enterprise to include a variety of crops and livestock.”
“The measure in the budget in relation to parental leave pay is based on a simple proposition. Most women across Australia have access to one scheme funded by the taxpayer. Some women have access to two schemes and that's great.”
“The measure of (mental) health is flexibility (not comparison to some 'norm'), the freedom to learn from experience ... to be influenced by reasonable arguments ... and the appeal to the emotions ... and especially the freedom to cease when sated. The essence of illness is the freezing of behavior into unalterable and insatiable patterns.”
“The measure of a Christian is not in the height of his grasp but in the depth of his love”
“The measure of a civilization is how it treats those at the dawn of life, the margins of life and the twilight of life.”
“The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.”
Source: A Talent For War
“The measure of a conversation is how much mutual recognition there is in it; how much shared there is in it. If you're talking about what's in your own head, or without thought to what people looking and listening will feel, you might as well be in a room talking to yourself.”
“The measure of a country’s prosperity should not be how many poor people drive cars, but how many affluent people use public transportation.”
“The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.”
“The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.”
“The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless.”
“The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance. Good friendships, online or off, urge us toward empathy; they give us comfort and also pull us out of the prisons of our selves.”
Source: This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
“The measure of a great writer is not how many weeks his books spend on the best-seller lists, but how many years his books remain in print after his death.”
“The measure of a human is sacrifice, the pleasure of a human is sacrifice, the treasure of a human is sacrifice.”
Source: High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination
“The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.”
Source: The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow
“The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect, So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time, A garden to nurture and protect It's a measure of a life The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect, The way you live, the gifts that you give In the fullness of time, It's the only return that you expect”
“The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.”
“The measure of a man cannot be whether he ever makes mistakes, because he will make mistakes. It's what he does in response to his mistakes. The same is true of companies. We have to apologize, we have to fix the problem, and we have to learn from our mistakes.”
“The measure of a man comes down to moments, spread out like dots of pain on the canvas on life. Everything you were, everything you'll someday be, resides in the small, seemingly ordinary choices of everyday life.....Each decision seems as insignificant as a left turn on an unfamiliar road when you have no destination in mind. But the decisions accumulate until you realize one day that they've made you the man that you are.”
“The measure of a man consists less in his present perfection than in his willingness to be perfected. A man will be remembered most, not for his accomplishments, but for his character.”
“The measure of a man is determined by how he responds to the truth of God.”
Source: When You Pray
“The measure of a man is his silence. The measure of a woman is her elocution. Beware of an overly talkative man and an inordinately silent woman.”
Source: The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
“The measure of a man is his state of mind.”
“The measure of a man is in the lives he’s touched.”
“The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.”
“The measure of a man is not how many servants he has but how many men he serves .”
“The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.”
Source: UnWholly
“The measure of a man is not necessarily his title or his position, but rather how he treats others.”
“The measure of a man is not so much how tall he stands but how low he kneels.”
Source: When You Pray
“The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.”
“The measure of a man is what happens when nothing works and you got the guts to go on.”
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
“The measure of a man lies not in his lengthy accomplishments, but in his decisions when he is faced with the certain, indisputable knowledge that he is going to die.”
Source: Eternity's Redemption
“The measure of a man’s character may be the manner in which he treats the one who can do him no good, but the measure of his heart is the manner in which he loves the one who has hurt him. He who is unloving in his pain was never really loving in his happiness.”
“The measure of a man's culture is the measure of his appreciation. We are ourselves what we appreciate and no more.”
“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.”
Source: The luminous darkness: a personal interpretation of the anatomy of segregation and the ground of hope
“The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.”
Source: Plutarch's Complete Works
“The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”
“The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.”
“The measure of a man’s character is not determined by how he handles his wins, but how he handles his failures.”
“The measure of a society can be how well its people treat its animals”
“The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.”
“The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life.”
“The measure of a society is its compassion.”
Source: Kristin Hannah's Coming Home 4-Book Bundle: On Mystic Lake, Summer Island, Distant Shores, Home Again
“The measure of a society is not its monuments, but how it treats the forgotten.”
“The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.”
“The measure of a superhero is always his nemesis.”