The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Ninon de Lenclos

The fresh hike could be a pre-emptive measure but we are surprised as we expect inflation to ease marginally in the coming weeks.

Bidisha Ganguly

It's a measure of how far we have come since last season that the boys are devastated down in the changing room.

Bob Casey

By any measure what we are putting forward is a very deep cut.

Peter Mandelson

Judicial positions are not musical chairs. There has to be some measure of consistency to be sure the trial has integrity.

Miranda Sissons

I want to start right away getting some ideas on where we want to add to what we have already done [in the Measure K campaign].

Linda Clark

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

There is a standard for measuring snow that you can't measure it more often than every six hours. Because the more often you measure it, the more you get.

Kelly Redmond

It is the measure of this memory of past cycles that allows us to make a forecast.

Mausumi Dikpati

They want to be able to measure the gains and know whether it's a good technology investment.

Bruce Knaach

The economy is probably more hot than cold at this point. The inflation measure will be the one to watch because that will be one of the key determinants of whether the Fed hits the brakes or steps on the accelerator again.

Les Satlow

Testing is not a food safety measure. Rather, it's a way to find out the prevalence of the disease.

The Associated Press

Gay marriage has begun, and life has not changed for the citizens of the commonwealth, with the exception of those who can now marry, ... This amendment which was an appropriate measure or compromise a year ago, is no longer, I feel, a compromise today.

Brian Lees

Nobody knows for now how to measure the value of interactive features.

Pierre Mustiere

The Pakistan army is out there in the hills. They're taking measure of where the need is.

John Stufflebeem

No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints.

Charles Simeon

She is my coach on the floor. She makes sure what I want to happen happens. You can't measure that type of leadership.

Art Thomason

It should be equitable and it should be monitored and spent so that we can measure that its doing some good.

Ardis Wood

The planned polio vaccination campaign is an emergency protective measure aiming at rapidly boosting children's immunity against polio.

James Nyikal

Measure 37 has not been a model for us. We're drafting something that will work for Washington.

Dan Wood

We have been obliged to partly cut off water in some districts, but I hope this is a temporary measure.

Vladimir Popov

Conservation is the best short-term measure we can take.

Johnnie Burton

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.

Christopher Love

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.

George Bancroft

This act of God has brought us to reality so there's no measure anymore for anybody's political philosophy.

Steve Holland

Just one kind of assessment is not appropriate to measure whether kids have met standards.

Wendy Kimball

And we are confident that our withdrawal was the correct measure and hope that the decision had some effect on a better but still-flawed result.

Susan Pittman

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

Jane Rule

It's very important when we measure an event to recognize its impact on time. For example, an event eight hours before a competition may not be major, but if it happens 10 minutes [before] or during a competition, it's critical we do something.

Patrick Adiba

The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.

Felix Klein

We've made a lot of claims about what we can do, now we issue a challenge to analysts to go and figure out a way to measure it.

Brian Behlendorf

Millennium Development Goals are about creating wealth. If we don't measure it right, we won't manage it right.

Brian Johnson

By no measure of the imagination did we have joint defenses.

Rodney Barnes

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

Plutarch

As a precautionary measure, the tree will be removed.

Andy Bush

Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person's power.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

It was very fortuitous that our instruments were there to measure the wave in the first place and even more fortuitous that they survived the storm.

William Teague

The board's feeling is that three-strikes is a great law if used appropriately, and this measure to change it is not necessary.

David Labahn

We cannot measure the cost of this terrible war in money and material things. I doubt if there can be any spiritual assessment of the loss.

John Curtin

The toughest thing for us to measure is how fair is it to close a trail that we can't maintain.

Rick Maddalena

The monumental choices this election was supposed to be about were actually decided beforehand. This election came to be a measure of confirmation of this choice.

Yaron Ezrahi

This is largely an interim measure until multilateral talks are resumed.

Masao Okonogi

Louise has demonstrated exceptional courage, determination, inspiration and dedication, embodying the woman we were looking for when we came up with the idea for this contest. We are humbled and excited in equal measure to be able to bring recognition to someone who has selflessly given so much to so many.

Adam Goldstein

With no rain, it was like playing on concrete. We haven't had any injuries - this was a preventative measure.

John Chandler

Any change to the constitution signals a red light. But this is a very drastic measure which reduces the inherent review powers of the courts.

Prof Marinus Wiechers

It's about taking challenging academic courses and developing a genuine love for learning. Those are things ACT and SAT scores don't even begin to measure.

Paul Steenis

There's irony in using an unconstitutional measure to promote Constitution Day.

Roger Pilon

We believe this measure would hurt more than help the schools.

Roger Takabayashi

Our impact is measured in an insignificant way. I now measure my impact differently.

Tyrone Hayes

I'm going to vote no on Measure C.

Michael Nugent

It's not OK to just measure disease control and survival. We need to know what children's lives will be like after therapies.

Paul Fisher

It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself.

Sandra Day O'conner

Action, not words, would be the measure of our success or failure.

Charles Murigande

This was a tough decision, but it was driven by our need for higher temperatures. This is not a cost-cutting measure.

Ian Mcewan

Having them inside the coalition could cause us problems because they are strong headed and not disciplined, but leaving them out could cause even greater problems. Bringing them in achieves a measure of political calm.

Redha Jawad Taqi

Measure of the financial deficit that households are running at an annualized rate.

Paul Kasriel

It's a leap of faith. It's a last-ditch measure when we feel we're at the end of the game. It has been very effective for some patients.

Dr. Julian Bailes

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

General George S. Patton

This study is a measure of how fat the pipeline is between cities.

Morton O'kelly

Everybody wants this measure to be the be-all and end-all, the perfect thing, but the reality is there just isn't enough money.

Debbie Hunsaker

Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'

Mary Todd Lincoln

Spirituality leaps where science cannot yet follow, because science must always test and measure, and much of reality and human experience is immeasurable.

Starhawk

This feature is something that state and local governments have requested as a cost-effective security measure.

Neil Crocker

After all these years of working so hard, to lose her own daughter to domestic violence is just a tragedy that goes beyond measure.

Kit Gruelle

They measure the breadth of improvement, but not the magnitude of it -- if a lot of people see things getting just a little better, that can produce a very strong ISM number.

David Sloan

It takes a measure of bravery and honor to make such a decision.

J. Lorand Matory

This is a measure to ensure that all software used on government computers is authentic.

Wang Ziqiang

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

John Lyly

That's No. 1. It's probably impossible to overstate the importance of getting the Measure K renewal program.

Andrew Chesley

For the record, I'm against it, but the ballot measure will have more credibility with unanimous support.

Cameron Beckman

I think it's important for a local community to be able to measure the diversity of its local and regional economy.

Michael Neal

It's on target. There's a lack of clarity about why we're doing things. And we can't measure how useful labs are unless we have that clarity.

Gerry Wheeler

I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world.

W. Somerset Maugham

DRAGOON, n. A soldier who combines dash and steadiness in so equal measure that he makes his advances on foot and his retreats on horseback.

Ambrose Bierce

I know a lot of the guys my age and a little older hate to see this happen. I hate to see it happen too but it has to. If you want the kids to have any measure of success they can?t compete in L anymore.

Al Neri

If they didn't get one red cent, if these defendants would say, 'We were wrong, we are sorry,' that would give a measure of the satisfaction my clients are looking for.

Larry Keller

This is a comprehensive and very powerful public protection measure to extinguish mad cow disease.

Nick Brown

I have come across stories like this, but they all had international datelines. I measure my words. This is unprecedented.

John Stack

You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.

Orison Swett Marden

Of course, it's always a good sign when people are dancing. But it's not the only measure of how much of a good time people are having.

Josh Williams

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

Saint Basil

We purposely created Bob out of the ashes of George. I would be insane not to measure things against 'Seinfeld.' I've stolen as much of the 'Seinfeld' crew as I could to give me a hedge.

Jason Alexander

I think it's a very good thing that they didn't go ahead with this, that they were blocked. I didn't think it was a good measure because they would lose revenue.

David Naude

Prior to this there was the pledge that it would happen; this brings about a measure of sureness.

Chris Ullman

Megahertz has been distorted as a proxy for performance and has been devalued in terms of a measure of performance.

Mark Bode

Diversity is a phrase that's tossed around, but we actually approach this as a business subject and measure how effective diversity management is in Corporate America.

Luke Visconti

The way we measure their interest is they go back and revisit the male after they've just had some sexual interaction with them.

Fay Guarraci

I don't have a problem with testing per se. We have to have some measure of how students are doing and how we as teachers are doing.

Alex Dworzanski

We will throw in some calibration images that allow us to measure the volunteers' efficiency.

Andrew Westphal

Charlie Crist continues to lead the race for governor by every measure. While our opponent choose to engage in negative attacks as he did against Jeb Bush (in the 1994 governor's race), Charlie Crist will continue to campaign on the issues.

Vivian Myrtetus

We can't promise that it will be a traffic light. It could be some other traffic calming measure.

Erin Phalon

Measure T has enough to pay for the police precincts in its funding now.

Eric Frost

[They] glanced at one another like tigers taking measure of a menacing new rival.

Erich Segal

After 30 years, it appears that some measure of justice has finally been achieved.

Elan Steinberg

It's a good way to measure how we're doing. They were dominating everybody they played.

Ed Mccomiskey

This is just an interim measure until we can come in and do the thing. We're just doing this to allow people to fish safely.

Eddie Bellamy

This is a precautionary measure. It adds another layer of service.

Fred Allen