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Quotes About Consistency

Spoljni svet je i dalje tamo. Šta god da uradiš, budi siguran da ?eš ga zate?i na njegovom mestu uvek. Da ?ovek prosto ne poveruje, ali tako je.
~ Alessandro Baricco
Non se ne doveva dedurre che avessero cambiato idea: sarebbe stato in ogni caso troppo faticoso. Una volta deciso, non si cambiava mai, in quella casa, per evidenti ragioni di economia delle emozioni.
~ Alessandro Baricco
So plans were useful only in revealing what people wished for. If you wanted to know what they would actually do, then the only way of finding out was by watching them and seeing what they did. Then you would know what they might do in the future—because most people did what they had always done. That
~ Alexander McCall Smith
It is always the same, Mma Makutsi—every time. Exactly the same. So now I know what that guy says without needing to read his book." This was heresy, and for a few moments Mma Makutsi was almost too shocked to respond.
~ Alexander McCall Smith
If a person acts out of character, then there's one thing you can be sure of: there is something wrong. I have seen this so many times I have lost count.
~ Alexander McCall Smith
Always and everywhere one vision, One customary, single mission, One customary, single grief. Not cooling distance's relief...
~ Alexander Pushkin
O hábito é a dádiva mais alta, Quando a felicidade nos falta.
~ Alexander Pushkin
So like Athos. thought Aramis; That which is actually good never alters.
~ Alexandre Dumas
How well I know you by your deeds and how invariably you succeed in living down to what one expects of you!
~ Alexandre Dumas
The definition of a strength that we will use throughout this book is quite specific: consistent near perfect performance in an activity.
~ Donald O. Clifton
The acid test of a strength? The ability is a strength only if you can fathom yourself doing it repeatedly, happily, and successfully.
~ Donald O. Clifton
Memorizing Scripture strengthens your faith because it repeatedly reinforces the truth, often just when you need to hear it again.
~ Donald S. Whitney
Can we expect the flames of our worship of God to burn brightly in public on the Lord's Day when they barely flicker for Him in secret on other days?
~ Donald S. Whitney
Consistent, father-led family worship is one of the best, steadiest, and most easily measurable ways to bring up children in the Lord's "discipline and instruction.
~ Donald S. Whitney
In other words, if you see a behavior that persists over time, there is likely a mechanism creating that consistent behavior.
~ Donella H. Meadows
It is the consistent behavior pattern over a long period of time that is the first hint of the existence of a feedback loop.
~ Donella H. Meadows
Mountaintop experiences and spectacular miracles won't create faithfulness without a lifestyle that supports it.
~ Doris Rikkers
Be careful that you do not turn these first steps into merely a more elaborate way of playing the old game of day-dreaming with yourself. Do something every day towards your intention, however remote your goal may have to be.
~ Dorothea Brande
These seem such minor matters, but it is the sum of small things successfully done that lifts a life out of bondage to the humdrum.
~ Dorothea Brande
People say, "What is the sense of our small effort?" They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.
~ Dorothy Day
and wished with all her heart that she wasn't so tired, wished that a broken wrist would radiate violent pain instead of this strange numbing ache that was exhausting her by its subtlety and consistency.
~ Dorothy Gilman
Another good form of consistency is to be honest with yourself and with your children—when you live your life in integrity, everyone can count on you to be exactly who you, wonderfully, are.
~ Dossie Easton
The simple things done consistently will produce the greatest results in your life.
~ Doug Addison
All objects moved through space-time at the exact same rate.
~ Douglas E. Richards