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If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good. — Epictetus

The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues a Deity. — George Herbert

Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives. — Dan Savage

To tell the truth, she didn't want to; she liked the constancy of preoccupation. — Kate Morton

That all courage was a form of constancy. That it was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily. I — Cormac McCarthy

For nothing is more suitable to persons of gravity and decorum than to endure minor inconvenience with constancy — C.S. Lewis

Treachery don't come natural to beaming youth; but trust and pity, love and constancy,-they do, thank God! — Charles Dickens

Women are never tired of bewailing man's fickleness in love, but they only seem to snub his constancy. — Thomas Hardy

Christ is the meritorious cause of the bestowing of those good gifts, faith and constancy unto martyrdom, upon you. — John Owen

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy — Thomas Bulfinch

Loving God alone, we unify our nature in single constancy; God himself kindles a love that burns but never consumes. — A.J. Smith

If you were to hide the world in the world, so that nothing could get away, this would be the final reality of the constancy of things. — Zhuangzi

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea. — Francis Bacon

Prayer is the pulse of the renewed soul; and the constancy of its beat is the test and measure of the spiritual life. — Octavius Winslow

If you receive things just as an echo of yourself, you do not really see them, you do not fully accept them as they are. — Shunryu Suzuki

The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me. — George Bernard Shaw

Constancy ... that small change of love, which people exact so rigidly, receive in such counterfeit coin, and repay in baser metal. — Lord Byron

We should not hoard knowledge; we should be free from our knowledge. — Shunryu Suzuki

I've found constancy and balance between creativity and normality. — Julian Lennon

The four Cs as secret of my success-curiosity, confidence,courage and constancy. — Walt Disney

Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange. — John Wilmot

Youth and age, she thought. Beginnings and endings, connections and constancy. And, love. — Nora Roberts

Constancy does not begin, but is that which perseveres. — Leonardo Da Vinci

A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me. — Confucius

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love. — Honore De Balzac

Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly? — Emily Bronte

To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty — John Ruskin

While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back. — Alan Lightman

At a very basic level, people need to know that there is constancy in their jobs and, more broadly, in where the organization is headed. — Tom Rath

The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith. — John Calvin

Accepting evolution does not force us to jettison our morals and ethics, and rejecting evolution does not ensure their constancy. — Michael Shermer

The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Rain puts a hole in stone because of its constancy, not its force. Just keep knocking on doors until the right one opens — Joseph Gerber

But, ah me! where is the faultless human creature who can persevere in a good resolution, without sometimes failing and falling back? — Wilkie Collins

We should measure affection, not like youngsters by the ardor of its passion, but by its strength and constancy. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Obstinacy is the sister of constancy, at least in vigor and stability. — Michel De Montaigne

Love is fostered by confidence and constancy; he who is able to give much is able also to love much. — Propertius

She has been surprised by grief, its constancy, its immediacy, its unrelenting physical pain. — Michelle Latiolais

Constancy of purpose is the first principle of success. — Napoleon Hill

just the suffocating constancy of my own self, that numb and desperate company. - — Emma Cline

Knowing constancy is enlightenment. — Lao-Tzu

Lying gets all the recompenses, then, while despair and loneliness are the rewards of constancy and fidelity. — Antoine Francois Prevost D'Exiles

The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary. — Napoleon Bonaparte

There is no courage but in innocence; no constancy but in an honest cause. — Thomas Southerne

It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson

The secret of success is constancy of purpose. - BENJAMIN DISRAELI — William Bill Damon

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good. — Thomas Browne

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

Give me chastity and constancy, but not yet." St. Augustine. "Amen" Odette — Marie Clair

The eternal struggle in the law between constancy and change is largely a struggle between history and reason, between past reason and present needs. — Felix Frankfurter

People who know the state of emptiness will always be able to dissolve their problems by constancy. — Shunryu Suzuki

The tender sentiment of the 'one and only' has less to do with constancy of heart than with singleness of opportunity. — B.F. Skinner

The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The secret to success is constancy of purpose. — Benjamin Disraeli

No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The secret of inner success is constancy to our highest character. - — Sri Chinmoy

There is nothing but death
Our affections can sever,
And till life's latest breath
Love shall bind us for ever. — James Gates Percival

Constancy is the chimera of love. — Luc De Clapiers

Without a constant livelihood, there will be no constant heart. — Akinari Ueda

Constancy in a man is rare. — Catherine Cookson

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship. — Joseph Addison

Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. — Charles Dickens

O constancy, be strong upon my side,
Set a huge mountain 'tween my heart and tongue!
I have a man's mind, but a woman's might. — William Shakespeare

We bear, all of us, the misfortunes of other people with heroic constancy. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Beauty is like piety
you cannot run and read it; tranquility and constancy, with, now-a-days, an easy chair, are needed. — Herman Melville

Constancy in love ... is only inconstancy confined to one object. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I think I shall like you again, and yet again: and I will make you confess I do not only like, but love you
with truth, fervour, constancy. — Charlotte Bronte

My life will always have dirty dishes. If this sink can become a place of contemplation, let me learn constancy here. — Gunilla Brodde Norris

The only consistency is its constancy. — Sara Baume

Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues. — Giuseppe Mazzini

Safety and constancy were illusions granted only to those afraid enough not to peer beyond the walls. — James Rozoff

You know a few shiftless persons in need of biological levity. You men of negotiable constancy like gold, don't you? — Michelle Franklin

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 the truth. — William Gurnall

Without constancy there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world. — Joseph Addison

Discipline provides a constancy which is independent of what kind of day you had yesterday and what kind of day you anticipate today. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

You must constantly persist to imprint your brand image on the mind of your audience — Bernard Kelvin Clive

The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification. — Saint Francis De Sales

The secret of success is constancy to purpose. — Benjamin Disraeli