Consequence Quotes

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The most important fundamental laws and facts of physical science have all been discovered, and these are now so firmly established that the possibility of… — Albert A. Michelson
How little can we foresee the consequences either of wise or unwise action, of virtue or of malice. Without this measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the… — Winston Churchill
Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now the end of life puts… — Saint Augustine
Agency, or the power to choose, was ours as spirit children of our Creator before the world was. It is a gift from God, nearly… — Russell M. Nelson
For nearly 2,000 years of Christian civilization, taking the life of an unborn child was regarded as a vile and heinous moral offense which degraded… — Ronald Butt
Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space, the past. — Marcus Aurelius
Launch out into the deep. One discovers by living in scorn of consequence. — Essie Summers
DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed . . .… — Ambrose Bierce
Terrorism [is] a biological consequence of the multinationals, just as a day of fever is the reasonable price of an effective vaccine . . .… — Umberto Eco
A felicitous but unproved conjecture may be of much more consequence for mathematics than the proof of many a respectable theorem. — Atle Selberg
Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself. — Viktor E. Frankl
I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love. — David Whyte
Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of… — Confucius
In the Eucharist, the Son of God comes to meet us and desires to become one with us; eucharistic adoration is simply the natural consequence… — Pope Benedict XVI
There is a sense in which we are all each other's consequences — Wallace Stegner
I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time.… — Joyce Brothers
The greatest events that have been spoken of by all the Holy Prophets will come along so naturally as the consequences of certain causes, that… — George Q. Cannon
A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity. — Edward Tufte
In India nearly everybody spoke metaphorically except the English who spoke bluntly and could make their most transparent lies look honest as a consequence; whereas… — Paul Scott

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