Consistency Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of feeble minds”

— Henry David Thoreau

“Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”

— Robert B. Cialdini

Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.

— Terence McKenna

The first complete sentence out of my mouth was probably that line about consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds.

— Philip Johnson

The need for a rational consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Consistency is the defense of a small mind

— David Eddings

“Consistency is the virtue of small minds, and Spinoza had a great mind—he was inconsistent all over the place.”

— Jim Holt

Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind.

— John French Sloan

“Consistency is what we prize, and coherency, and reason, and to be true to our ideals so that they fit together into the neat…

— Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

Consistency is the sign of a narrow mind.

— Glen Cook

Consistency is the bugbear that frightens little minds.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson