Quotes About Consequences

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?

One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.

Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification.

Desire can blind us to the hazards of our enterprises.

I do not believe that the desires of young boys cause catastrophic events. The actions of humans do.

Destiny, or karma, depends upon what the soul has done about what it has become aware of.

When we deny the EVIL within ourselves, we dehumanize ourselves, and we deprive ourselves not only of our own destiny but of any possibility of dealing with the EVIL of others.

Statesman only talk of fate when they have blundered

As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources.

Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.

Do what you want to do in life and you will see what life will do to you on earth. What you always do, pays what it always pays!

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.

There's a dignity in consequences.

Chess is infinite, and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one's opponent's wildest dreams will become reality.

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.

In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.

War is not an academic exercise.

There's a negative effect when you run around without exhausting everything that happens with the play call.

When you get chickenpox as an adult, it's not a laughing matter.

When a leader doesn't do his or her job, it isn't just a problem with the person. They take their whole organization down.

I actually don't hope for a legacy. I think that it impedes your ability to make the hard decisions if you sit around saying, 'How will this affect my legacy?'

I think it's what's best for that kid. Are you going to teach that kid a lesson for 10 years down the road by suspending him a game?

How could somebody be comfortable with authorizing legally the use of lethal force? My view is if you become comfortable with it, then you should get out of the job.

Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like.