Consists Quotes

The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been imposed upon him externally by any foreign will whatsoever, human or divine, collective or individual.

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.

True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

It consists entirely of people who are not related by blood, many of whom can't stand each other.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.

To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in their places.

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.

Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody.

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real being consists in what is said in it.

The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions.

Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.