Khalil Gibran
Poet, Writer
"If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches."
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Yardsticks
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"Success is not rightly measured by wealth, prestige and power. Success is measured by the yardstick of happiness."
Truman Capote
Author, Journalist
"My yardstick is how somebody treats me."
Peter Drucker
Management Consultant, Author
"A manager sets objectives - A manager organizes - A manager motivates and communicates - A manager, by establishing yardsticks, measures - A manager develops people."
Joseph Brodsky
Poet, Essayist
"Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then as a yardstick for the language."
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"justice itself is a chimera, a delusion. Justice is not a flat yardstick, applied in equal measure to an equal situation."
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"the giver measures his gift with one yardstick, and the receiver measures it with another."
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