Quotes About Consequence

Even a well-founded suspicion more or less degrades a man. His suspicion may be verified, and he may escape some material harm by having cherished the suspicion. But he is unavoidably the worse man in consequence of having entertained it.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

Justifying a fault doubles it.

Better the foot slip than the tongue.

Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.

I destini, considerati a posteriori, sono logici

In matters of consequence, when have doubt and fear given the best advice? Why not heed faith, courage, duty, and honor?

You choose death today," the Dragon King called. "Yes, yours," Seth replied.

and are paying a heavy price for losing.

An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before.

You can't be so frightened of what might happen that you are unwilling to act.

A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.

Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?

In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.

Yes, yes. Aim for the sun. That way if you miss, at least your arrow will fall far away, and the person it kills will likely be someone you don't know.

Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.

You make it sound like having the power to change the world is a bad thing." "Bad? No. Abhorrent, depressing, ghastly. Having power is a terrible burden, the worst thing imaginable, except for every other alternative.

Unfortunately, Alanik, the game takes no care for your interest. It plays you either way

bridges to be burned once I captured them.

He didn't recruit me," Cett pointed out. "I got pulled by my balls into this little fiasco." "I wish I cared enough to apologize," Elend said, staring at them.

We may not be the ones to kill Steelheart. But even if we fail, we might be the cause of his death. Someday.

But it's not enough! So long as the most powerful of the Epics consider themselves immune, nothing will change. So long as you leave them alone, you're essentially proving what they've always said! That if an Epic is strong enough, he can take what he wants, do what he wants. You're saying they deserve to rule.

I'VE seen Steelheart bleed. I've seen him scream. I've seen him burn. I've seen him die in an inferno, and I was the one who killed him. Yes, the hand that pushed the detonator was his own, but I don't care—and have never cared—which hand actually took his life. I made it happen. I've got his skull to prove it.

There was nothing more bitter than a soul who had had its chance and thrown it away.