Constant Quotes · Page 25

Sometimes the very presence of God is barred by our presuppositions and our intense and constant desire for triumph.

— Ravi Zacharias

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

— Elbert Hubbard

Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care Is to seem everything but what they are.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Since we cannot promise our selves constant health, let us endeavour at such temper as may be our best support in the…

— Richard Steele

I just understand that life is a constant change and a constant evolution.

— Matt Hardy

Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.

— Gloria Estefan

“Whatever changes there are in the world I hope you will never forsake me and I shall be happy.”

— Anne Somerset

What gives life its value if not its constant cry for self-transcendence?

— Sri Chinmoy

We have to get rid of the constant fundraising that happens inside the Congress. Before, political parties used to raise money; now,…

— Marcy Kaptur

I think these are the most difficult games to win, just every at-bat, every pitch, it seemed like it was important. The…

— Clayton Kershaw

“What manner of people they were only books and other people could tell... and the tale was a long and gory one…

— Robert Edison Fulton Jr

Your body is as ancient as the clay of the universe from which it is made; and your feet on the ground…

— John O'Donohue

My work schedule has changed over the years. The one constant is, when at work on a novel, I try to work…

— Donald E. Westlake

At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant…

— Anton Chekhov

Gaps don't/just happen./There is a/generative element/inside them,/a welling motion/ as when cold/waters shoulder/up through/warmer oceans./And where gaps/choose to widen,/coordinates warp,/even in places/constant…

— Kay Ryan

With wavering steps does fickle fortune stray, Nowhere she finds a firm and fixed abode; But now all smiles, and now again…

— Ovid

Whatever his secret was, I have learnt one secret too, and namely: that the soul is but a manner of being -…

— Vladimir Nabokov

Undoubtedly the stories about them [hard-boiled detectives] had a fantastic element. Such things happened, but not so rapidly, nor to so close-knit…

— Raymond Chandler

Many women have made the mistake of changing their beliefs to accommodate their work; it must be the other way around. No…

— Mary Kay Ash

Desari reached up to trace his lips. ‘You have a perfect mouth, Julian. An amazingly perfect mouth.’ He arched an eyebrow at…

— Christine Feehan

Democracy is about constant vigilance. It's not straightforward, there will always be setbacks and you get particular be it religious fundamentalists, Christian…

— Mary Robinson

Television thus illustrates the mixed blessings of technological change in American society. It is a new medium, promising extraordinary benefits: great educational…

— Kenneth Keniston

Take Washington, D.C., which spends over $10,000 per student for education whose student achievement would be dead last if Mississippi chose to…

— Walter E. Williams

I don't personally believe in an arrived state of enlightenment. I feel that being human is a constant practice of return. We…

— Mark Nepo

What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.

— Lucinda Williams

The most constant, the most powerful, and the most generous of all my enemies.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Pain is always emotional. Fear and depression keep constant company with chronic hurting.

— Siri Hustvedt

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

My creative life is a constant struggle to achieve a balance between letting things flow in and letting things flow out.

— Don Henley

Some actors couldn't figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

— Harrison Ford

One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity.

— Albert Camus

I have a constant sweet tooth, so I like anything from the bakery, like cupcakes, cookies.

— Carmen Electra

We say it's not a recipe for success to have constant change, especially in football.

— Joel Glazer

As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.

— James C. Collins

The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting.

— Mary Douglas

Constant deprivation is no way to live. Don't always skip the delicious stuff for raw carrots and brown rice.

— Gunnar Peterson

Grief and constant anxiety kill nearly as many women as men die on the battlefield.

— Bill Vaughan

And within the world that you've created, the physics of that world have to remain constant; they can't be amorphous and changing.

— Bill Sienkiewicz

“Nothing remains constant, all things are in a state of advancement or decay.”

— Steven Redhead