Quotes about Measure

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

There is only one way for any of us to resolve the tension between the high ideals of the gospel and the grim reality of ourselves: to accept that we will never measure up, but that we do not have to. We are judged by the righteousness of the Christ who lives within, not our own.

Measure your progress by your experience of the love of God and its exercise before men.

For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you."12

The measure of our love for others can largely be determined by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them.

The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you—and more [besides] will be given to you who hear. Mark 4:24 What a great Scripture! It tells us that the more time we spend thinking about the Word we read

I have many deep thoughts in God, but I take my own measure, lest I perish by boasting... For I myself, though I am in chains and can comprehend heavenly things, the ranks of the angels and the hierarchy of principalities, things visible and invisible, for all this I am not yet a disciple.

Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

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.

He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,