Consists Quotes
1176 Consists quotes by 744 unique authors
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Very much of what we call the progress of today consists in getting rid of false ideas, false conceptions of things, and in taking a…
— William D. Hoard
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Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us, but in what we make out of what they do to us
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has…
— Albert Schweitzer
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The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly what it is desired to say, precisely as it would…
— Unknown Author
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The job of rearing a child consists of making conscious activities unconscious.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The true wisdom of man consists in the knowledge of God the creator and Redeemer.
— John Calvin
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The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus.
— Arthur W. Pink
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Happiness consists in the full employment of our faculties in some pursuit.
— Harriet Martineau
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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
— Henry Fielding
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Love's blindness consists oftener in seeing what is not there than in seeing what is.
— Peter De Vries
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Love, for too many men in our time, consists of sleeping with a seductive woman, one who is properly endowed with the right distribution of…
— Ashley Montagu
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The Dutch must be understood as they really are, the Middle Persons in Trade, the Factors and Brokers of Europe... they buy to sell again,…
— Daniel Defoe
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High art consists neither in altering, nor in improving nature; but in seeking throughout nature for 'whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are pure;' in…
— John Ruskin
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Persons of genius, and those who are most capable of art, are always most fond of nature: as such are chiefly sensible, that all art…
— Alexander Pope
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The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.
— Vernon Lee
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The art of lighting the stage consists of putting light where you want it and taking it away from where you don't want it,
— Max Reinhardt
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The essence in obedience consists in the fact that a person comes to view himself as an instrument for carrying out another person's wishes and…
— Stanley Milgram
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The landscape of the mind, against which our thoughts and expectations move, when the wind of the imagination is active, changes as quickly as the…
— William Hurrell Mallock
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Ideas cannot be fought except by means of better ideas. The battle consists, not of opposing, but of exposing; not of denouncing, but of disproving;…
— Ayn Rand
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The democracy of the market consists in the fact that people themselves make their choices and that no dictator has the power to force them…
— Ludwig von Mises
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Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.
— David O. McKay
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It is easy to love perfection. The difficulty consists in loving the human with his good and bad. We mostly know as much as we…
— Shams Tabrizi
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The prayer life does not consist of perpetual repetition of petitions. The prayer life consists of life that is always upward and onward and Godward
— G. Campbell Morgan
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Life is like a game where you seek to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving your goals. You get better at…
— Ray Dalio
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The fine art of executive decision consists in not deciding questions that are not now pertinent, in not deciding prematurely, in not making decisions that…
— Chester Barnard
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