76 Consistency Quotes on Value of Persistence & the Key to Success

Since we were kids, we all heard that practice makes perfect.

And not only this but remaining consistent is essential.

When we work towards anything we want to achieve in life, it doesn’t come without consistency.

These powerful consistency quotes will show you how persistence pays off.

Taking action is the first step to reaching your goals and having success in life.

But it’s persistence in doing those actions repeatedly that is going to get you the real results that you’re after.

These consistency quotes show you how.

There are a lot of obstacles that get in our way of being consistent.

But most of the time, those things are just excuses.

And, since it’s undeniable that consistency is going to help you in your efforts to become the person you want and achieve the results that you’re after, consistency really is key, so here’s a little motivation to get you started.

Successis from consistency quotes

1. “The secret of success is constancy of purpose.” – Benjamin Disraeli

Consistency Quotes about success

2. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

Consistency Quotes about effort

3. “Consistency is one of the biggest factors to accomplishment and success.” – Byron Pulsifer

Consistency Quotes about accomplishment

4. “The key to success is consistency. And right now, the only way for you to actually take action is to believe in yourself.” – Zak Frazer

Consistency Quotes on believing in yourself

5. “Through perseverance, many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.” – Benjamin Disraeli

Consistency Quotes about perseverence

6. “Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” – John Quincy Adams

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7. “People like consistency. Whether it’s a store or a restaurant, they want to come in and see what you are famous for.” – Millard Drexler

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8. “Consistency is the fruit of the tree of success. The more you do something effectively and with a goal in mind, the better you will get at it and the more you will feel fulfilled.” – Dan O’Brien

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9. “Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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10. “I’ve learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.” – Louis C. K.

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11. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson

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12. “When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren’t the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation.” – Arsene Wenger

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13. “All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.” – Lou Holtz

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14. “But I’ve also found that consistency has always been the major setback in my being able to successfully reach my goal within an ideal amount of time – the more inconsistent I was, the longer it would take for me to get that check mark on my task list.” – Eric Thomas

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15. “If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson

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16. “Muhammad Ali was a boxing phenomenon born in Louisville Kentucky under the name “Cassius Clay” who famously referred to himself as “The Greatest” with enough consistency and purpose that it really stuck.” – Darrin Wiggins

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17. “First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” ― Octavia Butler

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18. “Daily, consistent, focused, faithful expectation raises the miracle power of achieving your dreams.” – John Di Lemme

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19. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein

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20. “I don’t have a formula to pass on. I always did it my own way. Even today, I hold my independence close. It’s what’s most precious to me. Passion. Risk. Tenacity. Consistency. This is my professional history.” – Giorgio Armani

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Consistencyquotes on the key to leadership

21. “Consistency is a key element, without which a leader is incapable of getting respect, success or even developing confidence in others.” – Daniel Transon

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22. “When people see commitments are met with consistency, they tend to develop trust. Trust is the key to persuasion.” – Khalid Imran

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23. “Trust is built with consistency.” – Lincoln Chafee

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24. “You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That’s the mark of a true professional.” – Joe Paterno

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25. “Relationships feed on credibility, honesty, and consistency.” – Scott Borchetta

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26. “Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do.” – Barbara Coloroso

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Consistency quotes on why small changes make a difference

27. “By being consistent with your efforts, you will find that things will start to change in what will appear to be subtle ways because we are less likely to take notice of things when they no longer challenge us.” – Jenny Stanley-Matthews

28. “Do it again and again. Consistency makes the raindrops create holes in the rock. Whatever is difficult can be done easily with regular attendance, attention and action.” – Israelmore Ayivor

29. “Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.” – John C. Maxwell

30. “For changes to be of any true value, they’ve got to be lasting and consistent.” – Anthony Robbins

31. “We all have to start somewhere, and doing something is better than nothing at all. Start small so you don’t get discouraged and give up. Remember it is all about consistency.” – Khloe Kardashian

32. “Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” – Jacob A. Riis

33. “I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.” – Og Mandino

34. “When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.” – Isak Dinesen

35. “If you are aiming at the top, consistency is the name of the game.”
Olawale Daniel

36. “Having a story is what people connect with, but the story alone doesn’t allow you to achieve greatness and results. It’s the day-to-day consistency of providing value to your audience.” – Lewis Howes

37. “In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at  the end.” – Tom Seaver

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Consistency quotes to impact your true self

38. “Part of courage is simple consistency.” – Peggy Noonan

39. “I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at time. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and lows.” – Drew Barrymore

40. “The consistency in your person from home to work is vitally important so that you are in total balance at all times. Being out of balance means that your true self will start to be confused with what you pretend to be.” – Catherine Pulsifer

41. “Consistency is the belt that fastens excellence in position. If you don’t do it repeatedly, you’ll not excel in it.” – Israelmore Ayivor

42. “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” ― Calvin Coolidge

43. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou

44. “It’s not all about talent. It’s about dependability, consistency, and being able to improve. If you work hard and you’re coachable, and you understand what you need to do, you can improve.” – Bill Belichick

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45. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin

46. “Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napolean Hill

47. “Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.” – Colin Powell

48. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” – Bill Bradley

49. “Paralyze resistance with persistence.” – Woody Hayes

50. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billy Jean King

51. “A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.” – Benjamin Disraeli

52. “Consistency is the foundation of virtue.” – Francis Bacon

53. “In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.” – Roger Staubach

54. “Being persistent may lead you to the door but consistency is the key that unlocks it.” – Kenny Dasinger

55. “Consistency is the key! If you can’t be consistent, then you can’t be anything.” – Tony Gaskins

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56. “You cannot be a winner without maturity and consistency.” – Marco Silva

57. “I’m confident to say that if you want to grow in a profession, consistency is the key…” – Eliud Kipchoge

58. “Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.” – Harsha Bhogle

59. “True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances.” – John C. Calhoun

60. “If you want to be successful, you need consistency and if you don’t have it, you’ve got no chance.” – Paul Merson

61. “The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.” – Tom Landry

62. “It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.” – Anthony Robbins

63. “Consistency is an under-appreciated inspirational quality. It’s that ability to conduct yourself in a consistent, reliable manner that others will respect and appreciate.” – Del Suggs

64. “Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.” – Hank Aaron

65. “Consistency paired with self-discipline is crucial to achieving your goals and being successful.” – Brain Tracy

66. “Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.” – Bruce Lee

Consistency Quotes To Help You Achieve Your Set Goals

67. “I accumulated small but consistent habits that ultimately led to results that were unimaginable when I started.” — James Clear

68. “Children need consistency; they feel more stable and confident when routines are set in place.” — Carole Saad

69. “What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time.” — Robert Gottlieb

70. “Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.” — Marie Forleo

71. “Consistency is what matters the most in triggering something important to your life.” — Abdul Rauf

72. “Consistency also teaches us that some things do not change, though we may wish they would. Not everything bends to our personal preferences.” — Kim John Payne

73. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Aristotle

74. “Sometimes, persuasion requires commitment, effort, and consistency.” — Dr. Rachel Venturini

75. “An intelligent consistency is the foundation of genius.” — Chris Matakas

76. “Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.” — Norman Vincent Peale

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Which of these consistency quotes inspired you most?

Consistency really is the difference between achieving your goals or allowing them to remain simply dreams.

While taking action is how you get started, consistent action is what leads to real and lasting changes and results.

Consistency helps you to become a better leader, better parent, and experience success.

And, the best part is, it doesn’t have to be big action that you are being consistent in.

The small things that are done consistently over time, make a big impact.

This makes it easier to get started and stick with it, even when it’s challenging.

The longer you stick with being consistent, you’ll notice that it’s changing you by helping you to become more confident.

It can be hard work to be persistent, but it’s well worth all the effort.

Which of these consistency quotes and sayings resonated with you best?

Do you have any other inspirational quotes to add?

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