Constancy Quotes

100 quotes by 80 authors

Sporadic and shallow dipping in the doctrine of Christ and partial participation in His restored Church cannot produce the spiritual transformation that enables us to… — David A. Bednar
We can't float through life. We can't be incidental or accidental. We must fix our gaze on a guiding star as soon as one comes… — Ossie Davis
In the consciousness of belonging together, in the sense of constancy, resides the sanctity, the beauty of matrimony, which helps us to endure pain more… — Fanny Lewald
The Christian must stand fixed to his principles, and not change his habit; but freely show what countryman he is by his holy constancy in… — William Gurnall
The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances… — Isaac Barrow
We should measure affection, not like youngsters by the ardor of its passion, but by its strength and constancy. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that. — Evelyn Underhill
Love is fostered by confidence and constancy; he who is able to give much is able also to love much. — Propertius
Saint Paul asks his disciple Timothy to "aim at faith" (2 Tim 2:22) with the same constancy as when he was a boy (cf. 2… — Pope Benedict XVI
Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange. — John Wilmot
The constancies and equivalences adumbrated work havoc with such settled topical blocks as myth and philosophy, natural reason and revelation, philosophy and religion, or the… — Eric Voegelin
When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you can also begin to perceive the constancy behind them: the creative, transformative, boundless, immutable Tao. — Laozi
To grasp life and meaning, we assume constancy where it does not exist. We name experiences, emotions, and subjective states and assume that what is… — James Bugental
I do not wonder that, where the monastick life is permitted, every order finds votaries, and every monastery inhabitants. Men will submit to any rule,… — Samuel Johnson
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight. — Laozi
Why God should want and need us is a mystery. But it is true: otherwise he would not have created us and life would ultimately… — Basil Hume
Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy which, in Spain, was a… — Federica Montseny
Without constancy there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world. — Joseph Addison
The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy — Thomas Bulfinch

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