Consists Quotes

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence.

For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply cannot tell.

From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally bestial theory of the nation. Man originally existed in a State of Nature of complete liberty.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Shoe Suede Blues is ten years old this year. The Band consists of four members.

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

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can be made into.

On the spiritual theory, man consists essentially of a spiritual nature or mind intimately associated with a spiritual body or soul, both of which are developed in and by means of a material organism.

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it.

As for you, my beloved friend, I loyally believe in your uniqueness; but whenever I try to tell to you wherein it consists, I helplessly describe only a type.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software.

A typical practice consists of practicing every event for about an hour. A lot of people assume I have private coaching, but I work out with 13 other girls at the gym!

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.

The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Reality simply consists of different points of view.

A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions.

But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.