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Of right and wrong he taught
Truths as refined as ever Athens heard;
And (strange to tell) he practis'd what he preach'd.
Author: John Armstrong
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. IV, l. 301)
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No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be
inconstancy.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit
esse.]
Author: Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
Source: Epistoloe ad Atticum (bk. XVI, 8)
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: Essays--Self-Reliance
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With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and
to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though
it contradict everything you said to-day.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: Essays--Self-Reliance
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Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man:
He's been on all sides that give places or pelf;
But consistency still wuz a part of his plan;
He's been true to one party, and that is, himself;--
So John P.
Robinson, he
Sez he shall vote for Gineral C.
Author: James Russell Lowell
Source: The Biglow Papers (series I, no. 3)
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You are harping on the same string.
[Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]
Author: Terence (Publius Terentius Afer)
Source: Phormio (III, 2, 10)
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Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne,
Comparisons are cruele:
Fine pictures suit in frames as fine,
Consistencie's a jewell.
For thee and me coarse cloathes are best,
Rude folks in homelye raiment drest,
Wife Joan and goodman Robin.
Author: Unknown
Source: Jolly Robyn-Roughhead, fake ballad appeared in American Newspaper
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
Author: Joseph Joubert
Source: None
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At all times it is better to have a method.
Author: Mark Caine
Source: None
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Long-range planning works best in the short term.
Author: Doug Evelyn
Source: None
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Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? "What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?"... "What's the first, small step I can take to get moving?".
Author: George A. Ford
Source: None
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Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan.
Author: Richard E. Griggs
Source: None
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In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in the environment. That reliance can also lead to delusions of control.
Author: Hillel J. Einhorn
Source: None
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My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.
Author: Dennis Conner
Source: None
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Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
Author: Ben Bayol
Source: None
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Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.
Author: Robert Collier
Source: None
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It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.
Author: Jib Fowles
Source: None
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Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Author: Bernard Berenson
Source: None
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A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.
Author: John Argenti
Source: None
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Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
Author: Bernard M. Baruch
Source: None
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Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.
Author: Frances Cornford
Source: None
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It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning.
Author: Graeme Edwards
Source: None
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If we can't figure something out in three weeks, we probably shouldn't bother.
Author: Steven Gilbert
Source: None
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Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
Author: Francis Bacon
Source: None
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A trend is a trend is a trend. But the question is, will it bend? Will it alter its course through some unforeseen force and come to a premature end?
Author: Alec Cairncross
Source: None
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To be prepared is half the victory.
Author: Miguel De Cervantes
Source: None
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The short- term plan, then, is an operative plan defining goals in writing and clearly indicating how these goals are to be carried out...
Author: American Management
Source: None
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Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
Author: Euripides
Source: None
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