<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Consistency - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A trend is a trend is a trend. But the question is, will it bend? Will it alter its course ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9893]]></link><description><![CDATA[A trend is a trend is a trend. But the question is, will it bend? Will it alter its course through some unforeseen force and come to a premature end?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be prepared is half the victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9894]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be prepared is half the victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The short- term plan, then, is an operative plan defining goals in writing and clearly indicating how these goals are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9895]]></link><description><![CDATA[The short- term plan, then, is an operative plan defining goals in writing and clearly indicating how these goals are to be carried out...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9890]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we can't figure something out in three weeks, we probably shouldn't bother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9891]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we can't figure something out in three weeks, we probably shouldn't bother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-range planning works best in the short term. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long-range planning works best in the short term.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? "What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?"... "What's the first, small step I can take to get moving?".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9882]]></link><description><![CDATA[In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in the environment. That reliance can also lead to delusions of control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9883]]></link><description><![CDATA[My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most plans are just inaccurate predictions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9886]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of right and wrong he taught Truths as refined as ever Athens heard;  And (strange to tell) he practis'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of right and wrong he taught Truths as refined as ever Athens heard;  And (strange to tell) he practis'd what he preach'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy. [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9871]]></link><description><![CDATA[No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy. [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit esse.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9872]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . . Speak what you think to-day in words ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9873]]></link><description><![CDATA[With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . . Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man: He's been on all sides that give places or pelf;  But consistency ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man: He's been on all sides that give places or pelf;  But consistency still wuz a part of his plan;   He's been true to one party, and that is, himself;--    So John P.     Robinson, he      Sez he shall vote for Gineral C.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are harping on the same string. [Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9875]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are harping on the same string. [Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne, Comparisons are cruele:  Fine pictures suit in frames as fine,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne, Comparisons are cruele:  Fine pictures suit in frames as fine,   Consistencie's a jewell.    For thee and me coarse cloathes are best,     Rude folks in homelye raiment drest,      Wife Joan and goodman Robin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At all times it is better to have a method. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9878]]></link><description><![CDATA[At all times it is better to have a method.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9878</guid></item></channel></rss>