quotations about consistency
In a doctrine so simple, consistency is no merit.
LORD ACTON
letter to Mary Gladstone, December 14, 1880
Well the stars seem to shine even
When the clouds are there,
And it's night alright,
And I envy their consistency
LISA MITCHELL
"Slow", Said One to the Other
The man who spends one-half of the day in studying what is just, and the other half in practicing what is so, shows a knowledge of consistency.
J. A. JAMES
attributed, Day's Collacon
What do you see in me?
You've loved a long line of consistency
I'm a different breed
CARTER'S CHORD
"Different Breed"
Keeping possibilities alive requires a consistency of thought and focus.
STEVEN REDHEAD
Life Is a Cocktail
Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Jane Eyre
There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency, and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency, and a vice.
MARK TWAIN
"Consistency,", The Complete Essays of Mark Twain
Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect--simply a confession of failure.
OSCAR WILDE
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Consistency, thou art a jewel.
ANONYMOUS
Time is the promise
delivered with stunning consistency
QUEENSRYCHE
"The Whisper"
The consistent man, then, is not to be found, unless he be the man who cherishes the love, and practises the observance, of truth.
WILLIAM ELLIS
Outlines of History and Formation of the Understanding
Of course I'm inconsistent! Only logicians and cretins are consistent!
TOM ROBBINS
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
A widespread meticulous consistency causes a bigger suspicion than the most obvious inconsistency does.
PAWAN MISHRA
Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy