Quotes About Consequence

When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, the citizen finds himself in the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense, or of losing his respect for the law—two evils of equal magnitude, between which it would be difficult to choose.

Because there are times when getting up to mischief isn't mischievous and other times when it is and you shouldn't do it.

I'm glad we're free, even if we do stupid things with the freedom sometimes. Maybe sometimes there isn't a right thing to do. Maybe there's just lots of wrong answers, and you have to pick one you can bear – something that doesn't break who you are.

Do you know what courage is? Not a willingness to fling oneself into danger without proper thought – that is nothing, nothing. There is cowardice in all impulse. Real courage lies in thinking things through, seeing all the risks, and taking them anyway. Lady Tamarind has courage.

Well, what do you think would happen to your face if you found out something you couldn't forget? Something terrible that changed the way you thought, and would show through your expressions forever?' Leodora leaned forward and spoke in a low, gentle tone. 'Your face would be spoilt. And then there would be no point to you any more.

Somehow the sting of guilt was always more acute when there was a risk that she might get caught.

The most prominent place in hell is reserved for those who are neutral on the great issues of life.

Sin then is not a toy with which to play but a terror to be shunned.

Sin is rebellion against God.

Understanding the consequence of sin and arrogance should motivate every Christian to pray for repentance and revival.

Not one word about hell in the Bible would ever make you want to go there.

God holds every man accountable for his rejection of Christ.

It is possible through sin to harden our hearts against God so long that we lose all desire for God. The Scripture says: "God also gave them up" [Romans 1:24 KJV].

Denying the existence of God cannot make Him go away any more than denying the existence of the Internal Revenue Service can make the tax man vanish. Many people who imagine a god of their own choosing will be horrified when they stand before the true God of heaven.

There is a difference between sin and sins. Sin is the root; sins are the fruit.

Sin is a revolt against God.

Drinking has become one of the most serious social problems. It is basically the result of an attempt to escape from the responsibilities and realities of life.

Sometimes late and never amount to the same thing. Sometimes, it has to be now or never.

But there's always a choice. We make our choice, and then we put the blame on fate.

Semille wept not because she did something stupid; she wept because she *didn't* do something stupid. Sometimes, to do something stupid--to disobey your parents, to rush into battle, to speak out of turn, to ruin your life--is a far better thing to do than to do nothing at all.

Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest.

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.

No matter what I do now, there are certain doors I have already closed, certain opportunities I'll never get back. There's nothing to be done, I guess. It is what it is.