Quotes About Consequences

My friend," I said, "you can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.

Uno hace el esfuerzo y el proceso sigue. Siempre se cosecha lo que se siembra; no hay ningún atajo.

The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.

Principles control consequences; values control behavior.

We can't recall them, we can't undo them, we can't control the consequences that came as a result

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things… I am tempted to think… there are no little things. BRUCE BARTON

If you wait to be acted upon, you will be acted upon. And growth and opportunity consequences attend either road.

Values are social norms — they're personal, emotional, subjective, and arguable. All of us have values. Even criminals have values. The question you must ask yourself is, Are your values based upon principles? In the last analysis, principles are natural laws — they're impersonal, factual, objective and self-evident. Consequences are governed by principles and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles! p. 49

When we pick up one end of the stick, we pick up the other.

You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.

what we sow, we must inevitably reap.

For those filled with regret, perhaps the most needful exercise of proactivity is to realize that past mistakes are also out there in the Circle of Concern. We can't recall them, we can't undo them, we can't control the consequences that came as

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of those actions. Consequences are governed by natural law.

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of those actions. Consequences are governed by natural law. They are out in the Circle of Concern.

Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences. We are free to choose our response in any situation, but in doing so, we choose the attendant consequence. "When we pick up one end of the stick, we pick up the other.

Did you ever consider how ridiculous it would be to try to cram on a farm—to forget to plant in the spring, play all summer and then cram in the fall to bring in the harvest? The farm is a natural system. The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut. This

I have seen the consequences of attempting to shortcut this natural process of growth often in the business world, where executives attempt to "buy" a new culture of improved productivity, quality, morale, and customer service with strong speeches, smile training, and external interventions, or through

He had burned that book too late.

Unearned knowledge rules its wielder, to the cost of both.

Kill her! Do it now! Gut her remains and sink the evidence, then fly home in a week

Fractal litigation, whereby the flapping of a butterfly's wings on one side of the world resulted in a massive compensation claim on the other.

Mistakes always bred more mistakes

Anger caused mistakes.

What was the maxim? If you try to kill the king, make sure you do.