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Stature Quotes

I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

Al Green
Mother, Mama, Stature
"Al Green: What I've Learned" by Larry Getlen, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

You never shrink in stature by lifting someone else up.

Louie Giglio
Shrinks, Stature, Lifting

Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are.

William Sloane Coffin
Love, Bigger, Stature
William Sloane Coffin (2004). “Credo”, p.24, Westminster John Knox Press

There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.

Sammy Davis, Jr.
Broadway, Dignity, Stature

For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.

William Sloane Coffin
Love, Stature

The Kiowas reckoned their stature by the distance they could see.

N. Scott Momaday
Distance, Stature
N. Scott Momaday (1976). “The Way to Rainy Mountain”, p.7, UNM Press

What we are assigned to bear is in a sense a measure of our stature.

Peter De Vries
Bears, Stature
Peter De Vries (1982). “Forever panting”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men.

Michel de Montaigne
Beauty, Men, Stature
Michel de Montaigne, George Savile Marquis of Halifax (1743). “Montaigne's Essays in Three Books: With Notes and Quotations. And an Account of the Author's Life. With a Short Character of the Author and Translator”, p.525

Which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

Henry James
Thinking, Add, Stature

It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.

Arnold Bennett
People, Dignity, Stature

I just wish insignificance had more stature.

Andy Rooney
Wish, Stature, Insignificance
"Andy Rooney, a Cranky Voice of CBS, Dies at 92" by Richard Severo, Peter Keepnews, www.nytimes.com. November 5, 2011.

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