Consequences Quotes
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We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public like to insult poets because they are individual, but once they have insulted them, they leave them alone. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
At the same time I think it is absolutely necessary that there be no confusion, no misunderstanding that if the Iraqis.. do not comply, then there will be consequences and those consequences will involve the use of military force to disarm them through changing the regime. (Quote by - Colin Powell)
Just think of the consequences of those penalties. There were several third-down stops that gave them first downs with penalties. It's the consequences of it that everybody needs to understand. (Quote by - Nick Saban)
One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences. (Quote by - O. A. Battista)
I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime. (Quote by - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)
Happiness is not a reward / it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment / it is a result. (Quote by - Robert Green Ingersoll)
When anger rises, think of the consequences. (Quote by - Confucius)
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State. (Quote by - Joseph Goebbels)
The thinker philosophizes as the lover loves. Even were the consequences not only useless but harmful, he must obey his impulse. (Quote by - William James)
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. (Quote by - William James)
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship. (Quote by - La Rochefoucauld)
Faith is not a storm cellar to which men and women can flee for refuge from the storms of life. It is, instead, an inner force that gives them the strength to face those storms and their consequences with serenity of spirit. (Quote by - Sam J. Ervin)
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation. (Quote by - Thomas Henry Huxley)
It's not just about business consequences. There are human and social consequences as well. (Quote by - Jeff Papows)
It's critical that customers take measures to protect private and confidential information that resides in enterprise databases. Current threat levels are high, regulatory compliance is mandated in many countries, and the consequences of a significant data breach can result in substantial economic loss and damage to reputation. Better tools to implement strict access controls and enforce privacy policies will help customers avoid the embarrassment and other consequences of a compromised database. (Quote by - Phil Schacter)
I didn't know what to think to tell you the truth, first you're worried about how serious this could be and the consequences of course. Fortunately I don't believe there are any major consequences to this injury. (Quote by - John Muckler)
The consequences are horrible. I guess if more people knew the consequences, more people thought about it before they did it, it wouldn't be as much of a problem as it has become. (Quote by - Kathy Davis)
I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot . . . when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result. (Quote by - Michael Jordan)
No one gives joy or sorrow. ... We gather the consequences of our own deeds. (Quote by - Garuda Purana)
Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences. (Quote by - Isadora Duncan)
With every action there's a consequence and if you're going to break the law, I think it's a valid consequence to withhold federal funding to allow someone to go to school. (Quote by - Amanda Hill)
On the high school level, I know, he can put them (the truants) on contract to attend school, and if they break that there are legal consequences, like confiscation of driver's license. I think it also includes fining the parents. But we (the schools) also ask the police to help us with the problem. And the reason why we support the ordinance is because it has immediate consequences. The police stop them and write a ticket. And they may immediately bring them back to school. (Quote by - Maggie Deetz)
We believe that are some unintended consequences of the ruling and we think there are better ways to achieve the judge's intent without the consequences. (Quote by - Charlie Schrock)
Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not gone beyond a limited technology of perdition. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)
A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences. (Quote by - Norman Cousins)
No-one gives joy or sorrow. ... We gather the consequences of our own deeds. (Quote by - Garuda Purana)
If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin. (Quote by - Katharine Butler Hathaway)
I think any type of consequence for this behavior sends a message and it was up to the judge. We did our part. I did my part individually by finally coming forward and I'm at peace with the consequence being delivered by somebody else. (Quote by - Thomas Roberts)
When you prepare for the consequences of a terrorist situation, you are preparing yourself inevitably for an earthquake, fire or flood. You're looking at the same consequences. (Quote by - Eric Lamoureux)
While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. (Quote by - Stephen R. Covey)
We're not just concerned about the consequences of underage drinking but also with preventing the illegal sale of alcohol to children. We liaise very closely with licensees all year round to make sure that they understand the law, and the consequences of breaking it. (Quote by - Theresa May)
A lot of times, they're just not thinking about the consequences. They've got the computer in their home, they feel secure, they don't think about the consequences of posting their lives online. (Quote by - John Shehan)
Pick your own path. Which direction you choose doesn't matter; you can have any experience you want with no negative consequences. (Quote by - Thomas J. Powell)
It is not rejection itself that people fear, it is the possible consequences of rejection. Preparing to accept those consequences and viewing rejection as a learning experience that will bring you closer to success, will not only help you to conquer the fear of rejection, but help you to appreciate rejection itself. (Quote by - Bo Bennett)
There has to be a consequence to failure. Schools in the inner cities cannot be told, 'Oh, we want you to teach every child to learn how to read and, incidentally, if you fail to do that there's no consequence,' .. There has to be a consequence to failure, and the Title I money needs to follow the child. (Quote by - Karl Rove)
Choice of attention ... is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be. (Quote by - W. H. Auden)
Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
The most human thing we have to do in life is is to learn to speak our honest convictions and feelings and live with the consequences. This is the first requirment of love, and it makes us vulnerable to other people who may ridicule us. But our vulnerability is the only thing we can give to other people. (Quote by - Leo F. Buscaglia)
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before--consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. (Quote by - George Eliot)
Motives and purposes are in the brain and heart of man. Consequences are in the world of fact. (Quote by - Henry Geaye)
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures and that is the basis of all morality. (Quote by - John F. Kennedy)
Nations, like individuals, have to limit their objectives or take the consequences. (Quote by - James Reston)
We do not see today any grounds for passing a U.N. resolution that would envisage or sanction the use of force against Iraq, .. We always underlined that the use of force is an extreme measure, which involves grave consequences for the country and grave international consequences, and it should only be applied in extreme situations. (Quote by - Igor Ivanov)
The human race is on its road to self-destruction, and we wouldn't have it any other way. For we are taught not through the consequences of right and wrong but by the vast unknowing that brings us closer to death. (Quote by - Breanna C.)
I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. (Quote by - Mahatma Gandhi)
To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. (Quote by - John Cage)
We have to make a really cold judgement. Would the consequence of civil war be more devastating than the consequences of staying the course?. (Quote by - Zbigniew Brzezinski)
The evil that machinery is doing is not merely in the consequence of its work but in the fact that it makes men themselves machines also. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on grounds that have nothing to do with their social consequences. (Quote by - Bertrand Russell)
I don't go with the notion that baseball's just going to walk in three days. I understand the consequences if I vote yes, and I understand the consequences if I vote no. (Quote by - Kwame Brown)
We have often noted the Fed tries to choose a policy action that minimizes the consequences of a mistake. Which would have the least negative consequences today: easing too much and setting off an excessively strong rebound or easing too little and allowing the economy to slip back into recession? We would vote for the former. (Quote by - David Orr)
I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions. (Quote by - Dr. Joyce Brothers)
They like big, comfortable, heavy inefficient cars to drive around in. That's fine. That's their choice. But they should realize the consequence of that choice and the consequence is higher prices. (Quote by - Robin West)
Consequences, Schmonsequences, as long as I'm rich. (Quote by - Daffy Duck)
Act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done by hesitation. (Quote by - Thomas Henry Huxley)
I'm so happy to be rich, I'm willing to take all the consequences. (Quote by - Howard Ahmanson)
All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect. Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control future events. (Quote by - Lawrence J Peters)
Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. (Quote by - Alfred A. Montapert)
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishment - there are consequences. (Quote by - Robert G. Ingersoll)
The era of the political was one of anomie: crisis, violence, madness and revolution. The era of the trans-political is that of anomaly: an aberration of no consequence, contemporaneous with the event of no consequence. (Quote by - Jean Baudrillard)
I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences, you are to tell the truth. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be. (Quote by - W. H. Auden)
Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished. (Quote by - Orison Swett Marden)
Every choice carries a consequence. For better or worse, each choice is the unavoidable consequence of its predecessor. There are not exceptions. If you can accept that a bad choice carries the seed of its own punishment, why not accept the fact that a good choice yields desirable fruit?. (Quote by - Gary Ryan Blair)
Before every action ask yourself. Will this bring more monkeys on my back. Will the result of my action be a blessing or a heavy burden? (Quote by - Alfred A. Montapert)
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. (Quote by - Ayn Rand)
So there befell them the evil (consequences) of what they earned; and (as for) those who are unjust from among these, there shall befall them the evil (consequences) of what they earn, and they shall not escape. (Quote by - quran)
Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent. (Quote by - Aldous Huxley)
Be willing to have it so; acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. (Quote by - William James)
We recognize that military action in Iraq, if necessary, will have adverse humanitarian consequences. We have been planning over the last several months, across all relevant agencies, to limit any such consequences and provide relief quickly. (Quote by - Elliot Abrams)
Scream-free parenting creates moments where they own their own lives. It also creates moments where they make bad decisions, and even though they don't want to live with the consequences, we have to let them. We let the consequences do the screaming. (Quote by - Hal Runkel)
The consequences of your denial will be with you for a lifetime and will be passed down to the next generations. Break your Silence on Abuse!. (Quote by - Patty Rase Hopson)
Choice of attention-to pay attention to this and ignore that-is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences. (Quote by - W. H. Auden)
Consequences are highly relevant, .. Not just any consequences but consequences in light of a constitutional value. . . . You can be wooden and mechanical, and the price you'll pay is a law that won't fulfill the basic principles of the Constitution, which is to help people live together in a democratic society. (Quote by - Stephen G. Breyer)
It is what it is. I was wrong for what I did. The league has a decision on that. I have to deal with the consequences of my actions, and I do. I accept the consequences that come. (Quote by - Bruce Bowen)
I am very sorry about this, .. But it can not be allowed to have any consequences, any negative consequences on the building of a stable government. (Quote by - Gerhard Schroeder)
Thomas had no intent, nor did he harm anyone. He was wrong in departing from where he was, and he accepts that responsibility. He knows that there are consequences, and he is in the process of responding to those consequences. (Quote by - Bill Snyder)
The so called unconscious inferences can be traced back to the all-preserving memory, which presents us with parallel experiences and hence already knows the consequences of an action. It is not anticipation of the effects; rather, it is the feeling: identical causes, identical effects . . . (Quote by - Friedrich Nietzsche)
I believe we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime. (Quote by - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)
Frankly, elections are run by humans. Sometimes (errors) are of great consequence, such as this one, and sometimes they're of lesser consequence.. I don't feel that blaming or trying to find out which human made which mistake is very productive or helpful. We just want to give voters an honest and fair opportunity to cast ballots at affordable if not minimal cost to taxpayers. (Quote by - Phil Lenzini)
Being alert to the terms and conditions of your existing home loan can prevent nasty consequences to you in the future when you refinance. (Quote by - Zeng Han Jun)
Men must try and try again. They must suffer the consequences of their own mistakes and learn by their own failures and their own successes. (Quote by - Lawson Purdy)
At the same time, their bill creates a new system of giveaways to developers and real estate speculators regardless of whether their land claims are legitimate and with no limits on how much the taxpayer will be asked to pay, .. This action will produce harmful consequences for taxpayers and devastating consequences for endangered animals, fish, and plants. (Quote by - George Miller)
You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself. (Quote by - Harvey Firestone)
Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate belief which determines the consequences it believes in. (Quote by - George Eliot)
The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same. (Quote by - Lady Marguerite Blessington)
Whatever you do, don't whimper, but take the consequences. (Quote by - T.S. Eliot)
The secret for keeping a woman interested in you is to give her a wide emotional range to experience. The mistake so called 'nice guys' make is that they only provide a very small emotional range for a woman to experience and consequently she gets quickly bored. (Quote by - Nick Kinsella)
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. (Quote by - Josiah Charles Stamp)
Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. (Quote by - Aneurin Bevan)
Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it. (Quote by - Harry Browne)
A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode. (Quote by - Chanakya)
Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. (Quote by - Alfred A. Montapert)
Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel. (Quote by - John Quincy Adams)
The trendy management fads concentrate on antecedents, .. but the only thing that makes what you do (before a behavior) effective is its consistent pairing with a consequence. Antecedents get us going. Consequences keep us going. (Quote by - Aubrey Daniels)
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature. (Quote by - Voltaire)
