Constant Quotes

I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.

In a world of constant change, God alone is the Rock upon which to build a life.

There was such a thing as women's work and it consisted chiefly, Hilary sometimes thought, in being able to stand constant interruption and keep your temper. . . .

The only option for a creative person was constant motion—a lifetime of busy whirligigging in a generally forward direction, until you couldn’t do it any longer.

Part of what's exciting to me about my career is the constant looking forward. Whenever I finish one project, I am looking to what's next.

I don't find R.E.M. to be nihilistic. There is a constant undertone of joyous optimism. I'm not going to kill myself to Patti Smith or R.E.M.

Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgment on him.

Where can an interrogation lead us which does not follow reason in its horizontal course, but seeks to retrace in time that constant vertically which confronts European culture with what it is not?

I think sadly in any industry and in any work related environments females always strive to achieve a certain amount of perfection whether they be skinny or pretty. It's constant in our society.

You cannot be a party in stagnation. You have to have the constant reinvigoration of fresher ideas and the debate in terms of role of government and the rest is as ancient as - as old as America.

It is easy to turn a scooter, but not a train with 40 bogeys. This is such a big country, changes are constant and widespread.

A washing machine needs constant maintenance. It doesn't want any harm. It wants tranquility, and you need someone to - you're not going to harm it by continuously monitoring it and adjusting it.

Some people say that music isn't something you are; it's something you do. It's having a constant desire to share and express. But I believe it's something you are. To me it's more inward.

I think [song 'Can't Stop Workin'] it's the constant work; performing and traveling. It gets to be a bit of a strain. But if you pace yourself, which I've managed to do, you can go pretty well.

Many Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have.

I am in constant search for that project that speaks to me personally. And when all the pieces come together properly, it'll happen.

In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is declining.

Since James Madison day (and long before), there have been constant struggles over "democratic governance".

There was an enormous amount of pressure when my first album took off, and I struggled with the speed of everything and the exhaustion from the constant touring.

There have been many instances of people combining the political life with the spiritual life, a life of constant self-examination. Gandhi was a great example of that.

If somebody needs, like, a phone call every day or some kind of constant companionship, I'm not a really good friend for them. I can talk to my best friend every couple years and be really happy.

I'm one of the lucky actors in television. I don't make a lot of big waves, but there's constant activity, and that's the way I prefer to live my life.

Just so we're clear, I'm not zen by any stretch of the imagination. However, what I've read about change being the only constant is a concept that I can grab onto and have used quite a lot.

If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.

I'm in constant inner dialogue with my father still.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

Not only are facts and theories in constant disharmony, they are never as neatly separated as everyone makes them out to be.

In order to live fully, it is necessary to be in constant movement, only then can each day be different from the last.

She was doing it because she had nothing to lose, because her life was one of constant, day to day frustration.

Getting married, having children, and staying together long after all love has died, saying that it's for the good of the children (who are, apparently, deaf to the constant rows).

When you have found inner peace, you are in constant contact with the source of universal energy and cannot be tired. . . You have endless energy.

Comic books, graphic novels, involve constant toggling and it's hard work. You get tired reading comic books, but you never get tired looking at pictures or reading words.

Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in to fill it up.

What really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow.

You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline

And of course, in my writing, there is the constant theme of music, love of, preoccupation with, music. Music is the single thread making my life into a coherency.

In times when nothing stood but worsened, or grew strange, there was one constant good: she did not change.

To the disgrace of men it is seen that there are women both more wise to judge what evil is expected, and more constant to bear it when it happens.

So travel for me is an act of discovery and of responsibility as well a grand adventure and a constant liberation.

In the same way that you're driven in your business to keep innovating - Facebook is a wonderful example of constant innovation - think about doing that in philanthropy.

Everything makes me vulnerable, you just have to use it as an actor. It's a constant balance.

I've turned it into the constant pursuit of natural and healthy living, which is much more than just exercise and how you eat. It's a way of life.

My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good.

The iron ring is worn out by constant use. [Lat., Ferreus assiduo consumitur anulus usu.]

By constant dripping, water hollows stone, A signet-ring from use alone grows thin, And the curved plowshare by soft earth is worn.

Constant Penelope sends to thee, careless Ulysses. Write not again, but come, sweet mate

When I speak of religion I mean a constant inward sense of communion with God.

Your mind is a constant traffic of thoughts, and it is always rush hour, day in, day out. Meditation means to watch the movement of thoughts in the mind.

Life is a constant challenge to know oneself.

I am a man of constant sorrow. I've seen trouble all my days.