Quotes About Consequence

When I want something, I go after it. And baby, I want you, and all I can say is you might be smart to run before I get any more into you, but please don't.

You proceeded irregardless

Any victory won that way would be Pyrrhic.

on your hands. First prong. To reopen

I wonder if there was anything I would have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know everything would have turned out the same. That's the meaning of fate.

One mistake can change the course of your life. You can never return to your original path or go back to the person you were.

As I speak, I'm reminded of the old saying that diseases go in through the mouth, disasters come out of the mouth, meaning that words can be like bombs themselves.

I'm reminded of the old saying that diseases go in through the mouth, disasters come out of the mouth, meaning that words can be like bombs themselves.

What you are doing is an irresponsible act of fate-tempting.

A single moment changes destinies.

There have been plenty of chances to close my eyes and go back to the sleep of my life as it was, but I hadn't taken any of them. Do I wish now that I had? It's hard to answer that question, as the wraiths move closer.

It's all these choices that we could have made, the things we might have done. We see them with perfect clarity only long after the moment has passed. Just thirty seconds either way, and I wouldn't have this story to tell you. I wouldn't be the same person telling it.

She wanted to take those words back. But they were out, shattering in the air all around them, slicing them both.

I don't believe in regret. If you regret things about your life, then I'll bet that you're not paying attention. Regret is just imagining that you know what would have happened if you took that job in California or married your high school sweetheart or just looked one more time before you stepped out into the street...or didn't. But you don't know; you can't possibly know.

Blame was a luxury they could no longer afford.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10

Gordon could ignore his conscience, but he could not disregard the Almighty.

In every life story, including our own, decisions are made in haste that determine the course of eternity.

Thus, death begets death; evil begets evil.

What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong?

It was as simple as that. Once he had yearned for choice. then, when he had had a choice, he had made the wrong one: the choice to leave. And now he was starving. But if he had stayed... His thoughts continued. If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways. He would have lived a life hungry for feelings, for color, for love.

For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure.

What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong? "Or what if," he went on, almost laughing at the absurdity, "they chose their own jobs?" "Frightening, isn't it?" The Giver said. Jonas chuckled. "Very frightening.

Do it for yourself. The universe will be around to collect its cut later.