Consistency Quotes

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Maya Angelou

Courage, True, Cannot

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Minds, Foolish, Statesmen

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Oscar Wilde

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
Henry David Thoreau

Truth, Lawyer, Consistent

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.
Aldous Huxley

Life, Nature, Dead

There's a certain consistency to who I am and what I do, and I think people have finally said, 'Well, you know, I kinda get her now.' I've actually had people say that to me.
Hillary Clinton

Said, Her, Actually

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.
Drew Barrymore

Rather, Times, Ocean

I've learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.
Louis C. K.

Work, Time, Experience

I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
Lord Byron

Politics, Except, Subject

Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.
Bruce Springsteen

Time, Long, Hard

The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years.
Jerry Saltz

Art, Style, Clear

For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point.
Frank Shorter

Yourself, Important, Give

The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there.
Shaun White

Game, Wind, Anybody

Trust is built with consistency.
Lincoln Chafee

Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.
Junior Seau

Leadership, Fool, Talk

My own image of my work is that I no sooner settle into something than a break occurs. These breaks are always painful and depressing but despite them I see that there's a consistency that holds out, but is hard to define.
Lee Krasner

Work, Hard, Painful

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.
Charlotte Bronte

Christian, Duties, Madam

The advent of Google+ and the emergence of the personalized web means this is more true than ever. Brands, and their advertising partners, must wake up to this challenge and define themselves with clarity, consistency and authenticity. Otherwise they just might find themselves shouting in a ghost town.
Simon Mainwaring

True, Find, Challenge

I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors. I've also been looking for the consistency of work that TV provides for you. And, I always thought it would be really interesting to live with a character for months, if not years.
Christina Ricci

Work, Great, Best

My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues.
Peter Singer

Work, Long, Thinking

I want to be true to the character and maintain some consistency and give the audience what they love while at the same time keeping things fresh and grow the character.
Martha Plimpton

Love, Time, Character

Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home, I think, can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency, not only with your family and those you love but with your friends.
Heath Ledger

Love, Family, Home

If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there is a very high level of consistency, and there is a sense that he is who he is. Obama's governing is completely consistent with the way he campaigned and the themes on which he campaigned, the issues he highlighted, the vision he shared.
David Axelrod

Today, Through, Sense

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Bernard Berenson

Today, Year, Ignorant

I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness.
Rosie O'Donnell

Love, Kindness, Children

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.
Curt Schilling

Respect, Level, Based

I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same.
Norman Wisdom

Same, Stay, Childhood

In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.
Roger Staubach

Best, Team, Chemistry

Consistency is the paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.
William Allen White

Men, Cherish, Cheap

Partly because his life ended before the age of 50, Hamilton was defined by the other founding fathers, and he managed, with amazing consistency, to alienate most of them.
Ron Chernow

Life, Age, Amazing

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