Quotes About Consequences

Life is a battle in which we fall from wounds we receive in running away.

Courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

All punishment is mischief. All punishment in itself is evil.

It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing.

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.

Choices are the hinges of destiny.

People "died" all the time. ... Parts of them died when they made the wrong kinds of decisions-decisions against life. Sometimes they died bit by bit until finally they were just living corpses walking around. If you were perceptive you could see it in their eyes; the fire had gone out ... you always knew when you made a decision against life. ... The door clicked and you were safe inside- safe and dead.

History is a stern judge.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act.

If you do everything you should do, and do not do anything you should not do, you will, according to the best available statistics, live exactly eighteen hours longer than you would otherwise.

You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.

We may draw good outof evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.

Never throw mud. You may miss your mark; but you must have dirty hands.

And oftentimes, excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse, - As patches, set upon a little breach, Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patched.

Motives and purposes are in the brain and heart of man. Consequences are in the world of fact.

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.

The causes of mistakes are "I didn't know"; "I didn't think"; and "I didn't care."

My father told me marijuana would cause me brain damage - because if he caught me doing it he was going to break my head.

The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

Great self-destruction follows upon unfounded fear.

It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself.

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

Act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done by hesitation.