Consists Quotes

1176 Consists quotes by 744 unique authors

Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense. — E. W. Howe
I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest. — John Buchan
Skiing consists of wearing $3,000 worth of clothes and equipment and driving 200 miles in the snow in order to stand around at a bar… — P.G. Wodehouse
A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting. — Billy Joel
Let's bring back grandmothers! A real family consists of three generations. It's time Americans stopped worrying about interference and being a burden on the children… — Florence King
The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and… — Seraphim of Sarov
Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life and that to destroy, harm,… — Albert Schweitzer
Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself. — Michel de Montaigne
Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it. — Walter Scott
Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane around earth so thin that… — E. O. Wilson
Growing up means letting go of the dearest megalomaniacal dreams of our childhood. Growing up means knowing they can't be fulfilled. Growing up means gaining… — Judith Viorst
Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age. — Oscar Wilde
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Life without absorbing occupation is hell; joy consists in forgetting life. — Elbert Hubbard
Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false. — Charles Caleb Colton
I have been speculating last night what makes a man a discoverer of undiscovered things. As far as I can conjecture the art consists in… — Charles Darwin
The efficiency of a truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in concentrating it on… — Adolf Hitler
There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle… — Joseph Addison
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in. — Sydney J. Harris
Americanism consists in utterly believing in the principles of America. — Woodrow Wilson
The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty. — Woodrow Wilson
Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues. — Sogyal Rinpoche

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