Quotes About Consistency

The human understanding is of its own nature prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than it finds.

Constancy is the foundation of virtues

A small task if it be really daily will beat the efforts of a spasmodic Hercules.

Ministries come and go, but the mission of the Church remains constant.

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

In that context, I find theistic evolution, or BioLogos, to be by far the most scientifically consistent and spiritually satisfying of the alternatives. This position will not go out of style or be disproven by future scientific discoveries. It is intellectually rigorous, it provides answers to many otherwise puzzling questions, and it allows science and faith to fortify each other like two unshakable pillars, holding up a building called Truth.

Change everything except your loves.

Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.

I get a little behind during Lent, but it comes out even at Christmas.

A. Make sure the liturgy is stable. People participate in something when they know what to expect, and what is expected of them.

Habits are safer than rules you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you.

Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man.

Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

But what if absolute consistency on any issue from the left or the right, religious or secular, is an indication of mediocre intelligence and a lack of intellectual honesty? What if the world is a complex place? What if leadership requires flexibility? What if ideology is a bad substitute for common sense? What if ideological consistency, let alone "purity," is a sign of small-mindedness, maybe even stupidity? Logically

Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.

When a man you like switches from what he said a year ago, or 4 years ago, he is a broad-minded person who has courage enough to change his mind with changing conditions. When a man you don't like does it, he is a liar who has broken his promises.

Wilson also makes a powerful point when he says that strong character leads to the integrated self—a joining of head and heart, where thoughts, feelings, and actions are in harmony, resulting in behavior that demonstrates the character of an individual who walks the talk of his or her belief system.

I can put on a hat, or put on a coat, Or wear a pair of glasses or sail a boat. I can change all my names and find a place to hide. I can do most anything, but I'm still myself inside. I can go far away, or dream of anything, Or wear a scary costume or act like a king. I can change all my names and find a place to hide. I can do almost anything, but I'm still myself. I'm still myself. I'm still myself inside.

Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.

Heute Ist immer noch (Today is like always).

A man who is very busy seldom changes his opinions.

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be a hypocrite.

Buddhism is a philosophy about just doing things bit by bit until the work is done. Ah, but the work is never really done. That's the beauty of it. You'll be doing it all your life, and you will never stop improving at it

Nuestra preocupación y nuestro amor deben ser constantes e incondicionales, otorgados de entrada y sin condiciones ante lo bueno y lo malo, lo correcto o lo incorrecto, el éxito más brillante o el fracaso más estrepitoso.