The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
There is a constant need for new systems and new software.
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary.
We don’t go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.
You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don’t want to live any other way.
Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present necessary dislocation.
India seeks to be a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council… things like this don’t happen automatically, you need constant dialogue and discussion with the world.
Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection.
Whereas in America we are so fearful of mortality, we don’t want to talk about it, we don’t think about it, and in many ways we treat elderly people as invisible because they are a constant reminder of our own mortality. We put them away and put them in retirement homes so we don’t want to deal with that.
We are just continually surprised and obviously happy that the interest in Queen and Freddie keeps alive. It’s a constant source of pleasure for ourselves.
Neighborhoods change. In some ways, it’s part of the beauty of New York City. It’s in a constant state of flux.
I think that’s a struggle of every Christian, to be able to get to that point where they’re in constant prayer with God – so that everything they do, in thought, in speech, in work, is praising God and worshipping God.
Dating is just awkward moments and one person wants more than the other. It’s just that constant strangeness. I think it’s a very real thing.
Obedience opens the door to the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. And the spiritual gifts and abilities activated by the power of the Holy Ghost enable us to avoid deception – and to see, to feel, to know, to understand, and to remember things as they really are.
Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.
One of the most constant and sustaining truths of my life has been this: I love the library.
The constant drip drop of fraudulent activities coming out of Wells Fargo is absolutely outrageous.
I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me.
When I was first told about ‘Game of Thrones,’ I didn’t know the books, anything. So I read the pilot, and when I got the first script, it was clear the story was about these people and families and a constant battle for power.
Me mum used to always have the radio on – even now she has it on in every room. Me girlfriend sort of blames that reason for me not doing that well at school – constant noise, really.
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
Caregivers attract caregivers and live in a community of love. They are energized by their caring, fulfilled, and they love life. Caretakers attract caretakers and live in the company of resentful victims who see themselves as misused and are fatigued from constant giving with no return.
What keeps this industry challenging as an actor is that you never know how something will turn out. The ups and downs are constant. You’re never just smoothly sailing along. You’re always going to be on loose footing. That’s what ultimately now I expect and accept and that doesn’t scare me as much.
I credit a lot of learning to love myself to my faith, my family and my friends. Everyone needs someone you can look to for constant support, who you never have to impress, to share your happy and sad days.
I am someone who food has been a constant in my life, and it’s been a passion – it’s something that I’ve constantly studied – and I’m constantly trying to better my craft, and that’s good enough for me.
I’m in a constant conflict about having to make a movie for the big and the small screen at the same time, stylistically. So I just basically make it for the large screen.
Working on art, as opposed to being in a constant collaborative state, as in a band, is something that I’ve always done – to a smaller degree, but it always remained a part of my integral self.
We are living toward incredible times where the only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing.
My father has been a constant source of love and strength in my life.
Books have literally powered most of my life. Whether as a stress relief when doing hard things or as vacation fodder, they are a constant and important part of my life.
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly – constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence.
It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.
Concepts are vindicated by the constant accrual of data and independent verification of data. No prize, not even a Nobel Prize, can make something true that is not true.
‘Somebody That I Used to Know,’ like a lot of the record, was a bit of a struggle to finish. It was written fairly quickly – I wrote it in November 2010 – but it took six months to find Kimbra and really realize she was the right vocalist to make the female part come to life. There were constant hurdles.
Fashion is constantly evolving throughout the seasons and within various cultural changes, but the one thing that has stayed constant is how I always want my style to be an authentic, intrinsic part of myself.
In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.
The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people, comprising more than fifty percent of the total world population, live in poverty, with hunger as a constant companion and fear of famine a continual menace.
We are a country of excess. So it’s not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.
The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change.
Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.
You have to have great passion, because to sing operatic music requires lots of work. I study for at least two hours every day. The voice is like an instrument and requires constant exercise.
Lagos is sometimes emblematic of disorder. In traffic, drivers make their own rules. There is a constant war between our street hawkers and our various forms of law enforcement deployed to eradicate the ‘indiscipline’ of poverty.
The ultimate lesson is that there is no immunity, no matter our age or the size of our retirement account, from going through constant cycles of integration and disintegration in which we are humbled and hopefully set to rights with the world again.
In my 20s I was in constant pain from undiagnosed endometriosis. With no prospect of a cure, I decided I needed a career – writing – that could accommodate being ill.
There’s a constant debate over nature or nurture – they’re inseparable.
My memories from my childhood are centered on my father’s medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me.
It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
Living is a constant source of inspiration.
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil’s home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
I wish I had known that that process of figuring out what you’re good at, what you want to do, and where you want to have an impact is not a one-time exercise, but an ongoing one. Instead, I bought into success being an endpoint rather than a constant process.
I definitely think we’re living in a world or generation where we need constant gratification and adoration with Instagram and likes, and we base everything on attention.
Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.
My stories are about humanity, about the challenges of surviving and the constant fight against ignorance, inhumanity and complacency.
Constant repetition carries conviction.
Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.
Fostering the leadership necessary for transformational outcomes in education is hard work, and in countries around the world, there is a constant search for easier solutions.
We ought to be able to forgo the constant need to raise money and just focus on working together to solve the problems this country faces.
