Quotes About Consequence

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.

down lead to nothing but trouble.

Pay attention to fate, Mrs. Osgood. It will always have the last word." I

You always have a choice. Don't ever imagine that you don't. Whatever you do, it's a decision and you have to accept responsibility for it. That's when honor becomes more than empty words.

You always have a choice. Don't ever imagine you don't. Whatever you do, it's a decision and you have to accept responsibility for it. That's when honor becomes more than empty words.

A man does not come at what is mine, harm it, and walk away unscathed.

Independence gained through violence could well end in a dictatorship.

It was one thing to pursue your passion at any cost and quite another to make someone else pay the bill.

Compromise built upon compromise equals failure.

Our decisions aren't just isolated choices. Our decisions point our lives in the directions we're about to head. Show me a decision and I'll show you a direction.

Don't let today's reaction become tomorrow's regret.

prudent man or woman understands that all of life is connected. He is aware of the cause-and-effect relationship between what he chooses today and what he experiences tomorrow . .

When I am struggling and considering a compromise, I will force myself to think past this moment and ask myself, How will I feel about this choice tomorrow morning?

Choices and consequences come in package deals. When we make a choice, we ignite the consequences that can come along with it.

She wanted to tell him that whatever happened, whatever they chose, one day they would have to come awake, everyone would have to stand up and confront themselves and realize that it wasn't the Party that made them do it. One day, they would be alone with their actions.

Doing the right thing often resulted in living the wrong thing forever. -Christian, Marquess of Eastrerbrook

It was their favorite bitter joke: those who fight against prophecy only draw it more tightly around their throats.

As it turned out, I did kill pigs that night after all.

those who fight against prophecy only draw it more tightly around their throats.

I was not careful. I was reckless, headlong. He was another knife, I could feel it. A different sort, but a knife still. I did not care. I thought: give me the blade. Some things are worth spilling blood for.

As it turns out, I did kill pigs that night after all

I fear I have robbed them not only of their youth but their age as well.

Revenge proves its own executioner.

Try to leave one alive… … but do not try too hard. (The Life-Taker)