Stature

Famous quotes containing the word stature:

    With hym ther was his sone, a yong squier,
    A lovyere and a lusty bacheler,
    With lokkes crulle as they were leyd in presse.
    Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse.
    Of his stature he was of evene lengthe,
    And wonderly delyvere, and of greet strengthe.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.
    Bible: New Testament, Ephesians 4:11.

    Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer’s loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day.
    Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)