Quotes About Consequence

Each was the inevitable consequence of its predecessor, and all of them stemmed from the initial decision to set the price of bread far below its real price: that is to say, rather than leave things to the natural law of supply and demand.

Los provocadores, los tiranos, todos los que, de un modo u otro, ofenden al prójimo, son reos, no sólo del mal que cometen, sino también de la perversión que llevan al ánimo de los ofendidos.

La nostra infelice era ancora nascosta nel ventre della madre, che la sua condizione era già irrevocabilmente stabilita. Rimaneva soltanto da decidersi se sarebbe un monaco o una monaca; decisione per la quale faceva bisogno, non il suo consenso, ma la sua presenza.

Egli le rispose che il perdono non bastava a desiderarlo né chiederlo; ch'era una cosa troppo agevole e troppo naturale a chiunque sia trovato in colpa, e tema la punizione.

These decrees were like bullets from a musket that have missed their target and end up on the ground, where they don't threaten anyone. But that was a consequence of the great ease with which those decrees were issued. A man's actions are limited, especially when orders outstrip his ability to carry them out. For what enters the sleeve might not fit through the cuffs. —

Coloro i quali avevano impugnato così risolutamente, e così a lungo, che ci fosse vicino a loro, tra loro, un germe di male, che poteva, per mezzi naturali, propagarsi e fare una strage; non potendo ormai negare il propagamento di esso, e non volendo attribuirlo a que' mezzi (che sarebbe stato confessare a un tempo un grand'inganno e una gran colpa), erano tanto più disposti a trovarci qualche altra causa, a menar buona qualunque ne venisse messa in campo.

Your world is only the product of your sacrifices.

Objectivism holds that the good must be defined by a rational standard of value, that pleasure is not a first cause, but only a consequence

Dixie cup" was agency jargon for someone disposable, someone who could be arrested or killed without consequence.

Exitus probatur," he said. The end is justified. "Ergo acta probantur," said one of the waiting men. Therefore the means are justified.

And I would tell him, as we rise into the air, The curse is not that we cannot choose our Fates. The curse, the curse we all live under, is that we can.

And binding Nature fast in fate,Left free the human will.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

And therefore I ordered him to be instantly hanged.

Görmezden gelinecek suç yoktur!

Not doing anything can be worse than doing the wrong thing.

To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act We do not know.

In my view, there are two fundamentally different ways one can respond to a child who does something wrong. One is to impose a punitive consequence. Another is to see the situation as a "teachable moment," an opportunity to educate or to solve a problem together. The response here is not "You've misbehaved; now here's what I'm going to do to you" but "Something has gone wrong; what can we do about it?

Before every action ask yourself. Will this bring more monkeys on my back. Will the result of my action be a blessing or a heavy burden?

Uma vez já caí na armadilha de uma palavra, tive de pagar um preço amargo...

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.

Every day you waste is one you can never make up.