Quotes About Consistency

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

When we use a measuring tape, we are using a system of numbers that is human invented. What are the birds using? And further, how are they storing it in memory? To be stored in memory the measurements have to be encoded in some form and that form has to have an internal consistency to it. In other words it has to possess the same kind of structural integrity as our system of mathematical measurement.

Or as Luther Burbank put it, "It is repetition, repetition, repetition that habituates the skill.

I never waited for my Irish Cream coffee to be the right temperature, with a storm happening outside and my fireplace crackling ... I wrote every day, at home, in the office, whether I felt like it or not, I just did it.

In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, we are encouraged to "pray without ceasing." This means never being far from the attitude or action of talking and listening to God. Prayer should be a natural part of our thinking. Not just in our worship but in our work. Not just in our quiet moments but also in our chaos. We pray because He's there. We pray because He's God. We pray because He cares.

The cumulative power of doing things the same way every day seems to be a way of saying to the mind: You're going to be dreaming soon.

Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.

Sometimes all it takes to change your life is to change your routine.

Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.

I think we'll be in pretty good shape. We've got the same car we ran in all the speedway races since 2001, and it's been a real good car for us. It's led every race we've been in.

In the Christian life, it's not how you start that matters. It's how you finish.

Gold is a constant. It's like a North Star.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Keep it simple, so you'll keep doing it.

The only way to reduce the variability in the estimate is to reduce the variability in the project.

Future is purely a mental construct — an illusion — because you never exist in the future, only in the present. By using a consistent, internally congruent vision of the future to make decisions day after day, you start to build momentum, and you'll ultimately achieve your goals.

Step #2: Focus on One Habit at a Time

because it's almost impossible to change multiple habits at the same time.

Habits run our lives. Much of what you do is based on a habit you've developed at some point in your life. In fact, according to a 2006 study conducted at Duke University, over 40 percent of what you do on a daily basis is habitual. In other words, you often complete the same actions, in the same place and at the same time. 

The best way to make a permanent change is to focus on daily, incremental improvements.

We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence is therefore not an act but a habit. —Aristotle

We are contrary creatures, us humans, but that isn't something we need be afraid of, or even much troubled by. And if you make a list of those people who worship consistency, you'll find they're one and all tyrants or would-be tyrants. Ruling over thousands, or over a husband or a wife, or some cowering child. Never fear contradiction, Cutter, it is the very heart of diversity.

I don't get complacent, because I know if you slack off, you're going to be found out. This is international boxing, and every fight is a tough fight.

I think every actor, you can say, has at one point decided to slack, phone it in. But Sean Penn shows up every day and does his job, and the character's always different. Always. 'Carlito's Way,' 'I am Sam,' 'Sweet and Lowdown.'