Quotes About Cause

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness.

The pursuit of justice is all I have ever known.

Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. This means that whatever man sends out in word or deed, will return to him; what he gives, he will receive.

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The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.

Life is like a pond, and every decision and act we commit, good or bad, is a pebble flung into it. The ripples spread in widening circles.

Sometimes I wonder about Piter, the Baron said. I cause pain out of necessity, but he...I swear he takes a positive delight in it. -Baron Vladimir

The cleansed mind makes decisions in the presence of unknowns and without cause and effect.

Something cannot emerge from nothing

La maggior parte delle discipline nascondono effetti negativi, essendo concepite non per liberare, bensì per limitare. Non chiedete Perché? E siate cauti col Come? Perché? conduce inesorabilmente al paradosso. Come? v'intrappola in un universo di causa ed effetto. Entrambi negano l'infinito. Gli Apocrifi di Arrakis

Lo que debe hacer es no tener más miedo si un fantasma viene realmente a su pieza. -Sí. Pero es que ése es el miedo secundario. El verdadero miedo es el miedo a la causa de la aparición. Y este miedo permanece, y lo tengo en gran forma dentro de mí.

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

You can come up with whatever tactics you want as a coach but if you don't have the tools to execute you will struggle, and if you don't have willing players that are ready to commit to the cause than you will struggle.

The sinking of the Lusitania wasn't the proximal cause for the U.S. entering WWI. It was almost two years between the sinking and the war declaration, and President Wilson's request for war never mentions the Lusitania.

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.

I am not feeling any better because I cannot stay in bed, having constant cause for walking. They say I leave at night by the window of my tower, hanging from a red umbrella with which I set fire to the forest!

Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom.

You know what Americans are really sensitive to? Issues of fairness. I think this is a modern phenomenon, born of the civil rights movement. Once you convince Americans that something is basically unfair, you've got a winning cause.

First we have to recognize that the cause of poverty is both structural and behavioral. And the first thing about the behavior part is that we need a moral revolution within the African American community. Look - no white racist makes you get pregnant when you are a black teenager.

But the most important thing is, Enron did not cause the California crisis.