Quotes About Consequences

All knowledge that is not the real product of observation, or of consequences deduced from observation, is entirely groundless and illusory.

Lo raro es que las palabras no tengan más consecuencias nefastas de las que normalmente tienen. O tal vez no lo sabemos suficientemente, creemos que no tienen tantas y todo es un desastre perpetuo debido a lo que decimos.

No he querido saber, pero he sabido que una de las niñas, cuando ya no era niña y no hacía mucho que había regresado de su viaje de bodas, entró en el cuarto de baño, se puso frente al espejo, se abrió la blusa, se quitó el sostén y se buscó el corazón con la punta de la pistola de su propio padre [...]

Sairmos, e falarmos, e fazermos, movimentarmo-nos, olharmos e ouvirmos e sermos vistos sujeita-nos a riscos constantes, nem sequer fecharmo-nos e ficarmos quietos e calados nos salva das suas consequências, das situações lógicas e irremediáveis, daquilo que hoje está tão iminente e, há quase um ano, ou há quatro, dez ou cem, ou inclusive ontem, era tão inesperado.

a lo largo de la historia no ha habido un solo gobernante ni rey que no haya tenido responsabilidad en muertes

Si no hiciéramos cosas por miedo a lo que pueda pasar, nunca haríamos nada.

Lo malo de gobernar por el miedo es que al final tú mismo acabas viviendo con miedo;

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

And yet fear builds its phantoms which are more fearsome than reality itself, and reality, when calmly analysed and its consequences willingly accepted, loses much of its terror.

And yet wrong steps have to be taken sometimes lest some worse peril befall us; that is the great paradox of politics, and no man can say with surety whether present wrong-doing is better and safer in the end than the possibility of that imagined peril.

Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.

reality, when calmly analysed and its consequences willingly accepted, loses much of its terror.

The Law of Ignoring says that whatever you ignore will, most likely, get worse in time. If you want to live life on your terms and secure a job that provides the life you want, you have to make it happen.

Everything...affects everything

He has given you a lot of rope. Don't forget that one end is tied around your neck.

The costs of military service are substantial. Many costs are readily apparent; others are less apparent but no less important. Among the most pervasive and potentially disabling consequences of these costs is the threat to the psychological health of our nation's fighting forces, and their families, and their survivors. -- Department of Defense Task Force, 2007

For the first time in history, sex is more dangerous than the cigarette afterward.

Jesus had upset the temporal authorities, and political consequences would surely follow.

Most civil wars, in fact, end quite badly, and history is rife with lessons that how wars end is every bit as crucial as why they start and how they are waged.

If you are prepared to accept the consequences of your dreams then you must still regard America today with the same naive enthusiasm as the generations that discovered the New World.

Just punishment, which observes restraints, is different from revenge, which knows no limits.

But many people do not fully realize that there are terrible consequences when people becoming things. Self-image is deeply affected. The self-esteem of girls plummets as they reach adolescence partly because they cannot possibly escape the message that their bodies are objects, and imperfect objects at that. Boys learn that masculinity requires a kind of ruthlessness, even brutality. Violence becomes inevitable.

A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there may be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.

A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there might be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.