Quotes About Consequence

Sometimes I think we can tell how important it is to risk by how dangerous it is to do so.

What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Heaven and hell is right now. ... You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions.

It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself, and no one else, has made it.

O sin, what hast thou done to this fair earth!

The sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

Another fine mess you've got us in, Stanley.

That which is escaped now is pain to come.

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. ... And the choice goes by forever t'wixt that darkness and that light.

Irrevocable as a haircut.

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

Words once spoken, can never be recalled.

"Oh, well," mused the young doctor, "it's too late to cry over spilt coffee — or an unwise decision."

Eggs cannot be unscrambled.

Pain gives you the memory of things you shouldn't do.

NO CHOICE IS A BAD CHOICE; EVERY CHOICE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING TO UNFOLD.

Doing something wrong meant that I had not pleased the person or people in charge. It also meant that what I thought, what I felt, and what I needed or desired was of little or no consequence. As I grew older, more creative, and increasingly independent, there were many situations when I acted out in unmistakable defiance of the authority figures in my life. In each and every instance when I attempted to assert my thoughts or my voice, I was corrected, punished, or both.

What is today a matter of academic speculation begins tomorrow to move armies and pull down empires.

And if you're wondering why no always trumps yes, it's because when you're married it takes two to say yes but only one to say no. Besides, there's no risk in saying no. No means everything stays the same, you're in control, and you don't feel like you've lost out on anything. No is safe, no is always safe, but saying yes is dangerous because anything can happen.

The spiritual leader will not procrastinate when faced with a decision, nor vacillate after making it. A sincere but faulty decision is better than weak-willed trial balloons or indecisive overtures. To postpone decision is really to decide for the status quo. In most decisions the key element is not so much knowing what to do but in living with the results.

Why am I doing this? Will this harm my body, my mind or someone else right now? Will this harm my body, my mind or someone else in the future?

Summerset-I see you've destroyed another police vehicle. Perhaps you now hold the record.

You will be expected to obey orders, or this appointment can and will be terminated. Again, at the discretion of the primary. We run this by the book. I've always wondered. How many pages are in that book of yours? And smart mouthing to the primary can result in disciplinary action. Darling. You know how that excites me.