Quotes About Consequence

great men burn bridges before they come to them

when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because

Why does there have to be promise before destruction?

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.

Getting to the top is optional, getting back down is mandatory. A lot of people forget about that.

a simple but stark criterion: the number of climbers who successfully reach the summit compared to the number who die on the mountain. For Everest, the ratio turns out to be seven to one. For K2, which has the reputation of being the hardest and most dangerous of the high peaks, the ratio is a little over three to one. But for Annapurna, it's exactly two to one. For every two climbers who get to the top, one climber dies trying.

We stopped in our tracks. I said, "Man, let's not get ourselves killed doing this. Let's discuss this." Scott sat down facing out, looking down at me. I figured, if a big spindrift slide comes down now, we're going to get washed off the face.

may God help the coward, for cowardice is of a surety its own punishment.

We must not give ourselves time to think, for in that direction lies madness.

A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys.

having refused to sacrifice herself to expediency, she was left to bear the whole cost of her resistance.

The Fates seldom forget the bargains made with them, or fail to ask for compound interest.

The tragedy of the woman's death, and of his own share in it, were as nothing in the disaster of his bright irreclaimableness.

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A Locrian who proposed any new law stood forth in the assembly of the people with a cord round his neck, and if the law was rejected, the innovator was instantly strangled.

They soon experienced, that those who refuse the sword must renounce the sceptre.

Het probleem van dingen doen die je eigenlijk niet wilde, was dat je je er opeens zo duidelijk van bewust werd wat voor andere dingen je allemaal had kunnen doen.

the desire is overwhelming. Why? Because there is availability without accountability.

Every revolutionary ends as an oppressor or a heretic.

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

Como Fausto, teria vendido a minha alma para fazer um grande edifício. Agora encontrara o meu Mefistófeles. Não me pareceu menos envolvente do que o de Goethe.

I still forgive him, because by doing what he did, he made it famous.

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price we think the price is worth it.