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Measure Quotes

On measuring value, character, and courage.

These Life quotes explore measure in different senses, from the scientific idea of measuring energy and temperature to the more personal measure of courage, character, and what someone does with what they have.

I was 230 kg, with a size 81 waist. I couldn't buy anything off the shelf and needed more than one tailor to measure and stitch my clothes.

Quotes by Adnan Sami

Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have certainly confronted a fair number of sticky issues around how to measure, and even define, happiness.

Quotes by Adam Davidson

Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.

Quotes by Abu Bakr

Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?

Quotes by Abraham Pais

How Quotes

You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.

Quotes by Abbie Hoffman

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman

According to the kinetic theory of gases, the mean kinetic energy of a molecule is a measure of absolute temperature.

Quotes by Wilhelm Wien

I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.

Quotes by Walter Becker

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

Quotes by Vince Lombardi

Just Quotes

If one wants to measure oneself by the facile accruement of awards, then I've done very well.

Quotes by Timothy Spall

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.

Quotes by Thomas Hobbes

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

Quotes by Thomas E. Mann

Since its founding, Brooks Instrument has been producing devices that measure and control the flow rate of fluids used in manufacturing processes. And for all those years, the company has relied on the standard marketing package for its sector: earnest,...

Quotes by Tahl Raz

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

Quotes by Tacitus

Know Quotes

The best measure of inflation is what is happening with commodity prices.

Quotes by Stephen Moore

The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation.

Quotes by Stanley Smith Stevens

The type of measure used placed constraints on which statistics can be used.

Quotes by Stanley Smith Stevens

There's no preventative measure between the Palestinians, between those terrorists to the state of Israel.

Quotes by Silvan Shalom

I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

Quotes by Shirley Chisholm

Life Quotes

My whole life, I've felt like I didn't quite measure up.

Quotes by Sheri L. Dew

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of "measure" show up in this collection?
It spans emotional, moral, and scientific usage. One quote treats measure as a psychological pattern, comparing screen habits to addiction through reinforcement and behavioral loops; another calls it a moral yardstick, saying the measure of who we are is what we do with what we have; and a fourth is purely scientific, defining kinetic energy as a measure of absolute temperature.
Is there a quote here defining courage?
Yes, one describes courage as "a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it" — framing courage not as fearlessness but as an accurate read of risk paired with the will to face it.
Why would someone search for quotes about "measure" specifically?
It's a word that shows up in reflective, character-driven writing, especially around judging worth or capability by actions rather than words. That makes this set useful alongside How quotes and Know quotes for readers building out self-assessment or introspective content.
Does this collection include anything scientific or technical?
One quote does: it defines the kinetic theory of gases, noting that a molecule's mean kinetic energy is a measure of absolute temperature. It stands apart in tone from the other, more reflective quotes in the set.
What other quote pages complement Measure quotes?
Readers drawn to the character-judgment angle often pair this with Man quotes or Must quotes, especially the line equating worth with what one does with what one has, which reads well alongside Life quotes.

For more on understanding value and worth, see our Know quotes and How quotes.