Quotes about Consistency

Consistency is not a habit of mind which it is wise to practice or to expect of the human race.

Integrity does not consist of loyalty to ones subjective whims, but of loyalty to rational principles

If I say I will do something, I must do it. Otherwise, how will people know that my word is true?

People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them.

People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.

Integrity in an interdependent reality is simply this: you treat everyone by the same set of principles.

Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep, fundamental truths, classic truths, generic common denominators. They are tightly interwoven threads running with exactness, consistency, beauty, and strength through the fabric of life.

Integrity is walk our talk.

Did you ever consider how ridiculous it would be to try to cram on a farm—to forget to plant in the spring, play all summer and then cram in the fall to bring in the harvest? The farm is a natural system. The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut. This principle is also true, ultimately, in human behavior, in human relationships.

I just can't seem to keep a promise I make to myself.

People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.

Our security comes from knowing that, unlike other centers based on people or things which are subject to frequent and immediate change, correct principles do not change. We can depend on them.