Consequence Quotes · Page 32

Beware of the inclination to dictate to God what consequences you would allow as a condition of your obedience to Him.

— Oswald Chambers

And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life…

— William Wilberforce

In order not to be misunderstood, I want it perfectly clear that I believe it is incumbent on us to conduct our…

— Michael Crichton

[Alex] Haley felt he could make a solid case in favor of racial integration by showing what was - to white America…

— Manning Marable

Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself

— Anonymous

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

[It is easier] to quell emotion than to incur the consequences of venting it.

— George Eliot

A strong egoism is a protection against disease, but in the last resort we must begin to love in order that we…

— Sigmund Freud

Few actions of consequence in the world have been accomplished without passion.

— Jerold Panas

The consequences of inflation are malinvestment, waste, a wanton redistribution of wealth and income, the growth of speculation and gambling, immorality and…

— Henry Hazlitt

[Warren Beatty] definitely sees 'Rules' as a comedic consequence to the American sexual puritanism that is dramatically presented in 'Splendor.'

— Alden Ehrenreich

In place of an intensive cooperation among artists, there is a battle for goods. Hatred, partisanship, cliques, jealousy, and intrigues are the…

— Wassily Kandinsky

There are consequences to our insatiable demands for energy and there are no easy answers for how to capture that energy safely.…

— Ivy Meeropol

More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.

— Pope Francis

A people contending for life and liberty are seldom disposed to look with a favorable eye upon either men or measures whose…

— George Washington

Only as long as we believe in our own identity over time does it make sense for us to make future plans,…

— Thomas Metzinger

The third group [of society] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose…

— Margaret Sanger

To one who has led a virtuous life, to sin is the easiest thing in the world. No experience of unpleasant consequences…

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

We in Germany could, for example, lower taxes. And who is against that? The Social Democrats. We could also mobilize more private…

— Wolfgang Schauble

If a businessman makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences. If a bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences.

— Ayn Rand

Over the past eighteen years I have acted as a scientific consultant to the U.S. Air Force on the subject of unidentified…

— J. Allen Hynek

Both good and evil, when they are full grown, become retrospective...That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporary suffering, 'No…

— C. S. Lewis

There’s a passage that I love in Romans 1. … [I]t talks about homosexuality and it says that they will receive in…

— David Barton

Ought to have a universal compulsory force to move and arrange each part in the manner best suited to the whole. Just…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

If we did not have a patent system, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge of its economic…

— Fritz Machlup