Consequence Quotes

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Study the situation thoroughly, go over in your imagination the various courses of action possible to you and the consequences which can and may follow… — Maxwell Maltz
Though the academic authorities are actually proud of conducting everything by means of Examinations, they seldom indulge in what religious people used to descibe as… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We ought to be opening up our borders to skilled labour from all parts of the world because [the state of the world is as… — Alan Greenspan
The European single currency is bound to fail, economically, politically and indeed socially, though the timing, occasion and full consequences are all necessarily still unclear. — Margaret Thatcher
You do the best you can and you deal with the consequences. It's all there is. — Robert B. Parker
I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based on a genuine… — James Q. Wilson
Because of their origin and purpose, the meanings of art are of a different order from the operational meanings of science and technics: they relate,… — Lewis Mumford
We must realize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious. — Gaylord Nelson
One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one's acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live with those consequences. — John Edward
Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism… — Kjell Magne Bondevik
History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all. — Jeff VanderMeer
If we would have civilization and the exertion indispensable to its success, we must have property; if we have property, we must have its rights;… — James F. Cooper
To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American] system… — John C. Calhoun
It's better to make a mistake with the full force of your being than to timidly avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit. Responsibility means recognizing… — Dan Millman
The universe does not judge us; it only provides consequences and lessons and opportunities to balance and learn through the law of cause and effect.… — Dan Millman
The transfer is guaranteed to be safe and secure, everyone knows that the transfer has taken place, and nobody can challenge the legitimacy of the… — Marc Andreessen
And Nature takes no account of moral consequences, of arbitrary conditions which we create, and which we feel obliged to maintain at any cost. — Kate Chopin
Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind. — Washington Allston
We are talking only to ourselves. We are not talking to the rivers, we are not listening to the wind and stars. We have broken… — Thomas Berry
I want you to back yourself into a corner. Give yourself no choice but to succeed. Let the consequences of failure become so dire and… — Jordan Belfort

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