Quotes about consistency

The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.

Laziness kills consistency. Comfort kills consistency. Doubt kills consistency. Fear kills consistency. Now read that again, right to left.

Every habit and faculty is preserved and increased by the corresponding actions.

Drops of water hollow out a stone.

I am not concerned that I have no place; I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.

The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear. When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.

For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

Step by step walk the thousand-mile road.

Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them.

Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.

Our characters are the result of our conduct.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.