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Yardsticks Quotes

Dwight D. Eisenhower quote: "I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and..."
I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? Dwight D. Eisenhower
A spirit of license makes a man refuse to commit himself to any standards. The right time is the way he sets his watch. The yardstick has the number of inches that he wills it to have. Liberty becomes license, and unbounded license leads to unbounded tyranny. When society reaches this stage, and there is no standard of right and wrong outside of the individual himself, then the individual is defenseless against the onslaught of cruder and more violent men who proclaim their own subjective... Fulton J. Sheen
What ability there is in an individual may be measured by the yardstick of how far there is between his understanding and his will. What a person can understand he must also be able to force himself to will. Between understanding and willing is where excuses and evasions have their being. Soren Kierkegaard
Barbara Bush quote: "Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick..."
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people. Barbara Bush
Truman Capote quote: "My yardstick is how somebody treats me."
My yardstick is how somebody treats me. Truman Capote
One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are? Ezra Taft Benson
Now, brethren, do not expect perfection in your choice of a mate. Do not be so particular that you overlook her most important qualities of having a strong testimony, living the principles of the gospel, loving home, wanting to be a mother in Zion, and supporting you in your priesthood responsibilities. Of course, she should be attractive to you.... And one good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you... Ezra Taft Benson
J. G. Ballard quote: "Within half an hour almost all the women were drunk, a..."
Within half an hour almost all the women were drunk, a yardstick Laing had long used to measure the success of a party. J. G. Ballard
Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another. Lennart Meri
Jimmy Swaggart quote: "The minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which..."
The minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which the nation measures its morals. Jimmy Swaggart
History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is only too ready to measure the evolution of history by his own yardstick. Gustav Stresemann
Robert Hamer quote: "That picture has become a sort of yardstick for everything..."
That picture has become a sort of yardstick for everything else I've done. Robert Hamer
John Madden quote: "The only yardstick for success our society has is being a..."
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else. John Madden
There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility. Karl Lehmann
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. Barbara Bush

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