Quotes About Consequences

Seek revenge and you shall dig two graves, one for yourself.

Beings are the owners of their actions, the heirs of their actions; they spring from their actions, are bound to their actions, and are supported by their actions. Whatever deeds they do, good or bad, of those they shall be heirs.

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth.

He that troubleth his own household shall inherit the wind ..... etc.

To me belongeth vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

The Lord is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep. If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed. Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.

Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Don't board with the devil if you wish to be fat.

Memory impairment: the free prize at the bottom of every vodka bottle.

How strange to use "You only live once" as an excuse to throw it away.

When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.

I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.

I brought you in this world, and I can take you out!

We take too much credit for our effect on the world, whining about our misery and guilt, what others have done or not done to us.

Passionless leaders cost everyone who follows them.

Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.

Kids. They're not easy. But there has to be some penalty for sex.

[On surveillance of Americans] We're not just changing how we live, we're changing human nature itself. . . . When everything is recorded, there isn't any right and wrong for its own sake. It's just caught and uncaught.