Quotes About Consequence

Young man, if I could as easily wipe from my conscience the stain of killing you, as I can this spittle from my face, you should not live another minute.

Whether you pick well or poorly, the act of choosing carries grief. Leaves you wondering, years later, what life might have been had you chosen differently. . . . Or even wishing you'd simply paused, taken a long, deep breath. Not allowed the personal moment and the pattern of your family and your stupid culture to shove you two-handed from behind, forcing you to stumble unbalanced into the future

oftentimes these ministers of darkness tell us truths in little things, to betray us into deeds of greatest consequence.

he who has trembled before the pedagogue's rod will not face the spear willingly.

Imagine, Sir David, the end of all you ever wanted brought about because an idiot banker did not prioritize highly enough a simple request from their master . . .

I dared not make a mistake…

Those who set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

As humans, we are really bad at envisioning the counterfactual—what might have happened if different choices had been made.

The challenge with any "before and after" kind of analysis is that just because one thing follows another does not mean that there is a causal relationship between the two.

But on several occasions when the opportunity had been there and all that had been required of her was to say yes, she's said no instead. Something of great magnitude had been lost, some fundamental ability within her had shut down for good, leaving her incapable of risking commitment. (less)

I can't change yesterday, but I can sure mess up today.

The word "future" and females is a dangerous combination.

The fly that no one to advise it follows the corpse into the grave.

sword of Damocles

Where do you go when the part of your brain that controls judgment is asleep, but the part that controls your motor activity is awake?

Thi is the malady onf the humans, that they can hold on to that which is fleeting and of little consequence and call it everlasting. They focus on awards, achievements, and whatc an be done in their own strength while the Almighty desires to work trough their weakness.

There had been a connection long ago, but that had been severed. Something in me wanted to hold on, to roll back the clock and never let him go, but I had made my choice, as he had, and we had to live with our choices.

Nothing need be apprehended from this miserable adventurer.

No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something.

When a goalkeeper makes a mistake, there is no one to save the goal.

Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?

I want to tell you that I think this war is a great mistake.

It is not that you do wrong by design, but that you should never do right by mistake.

I aimed at the Archduke. I do not remember what I thought at that moment.