Consequences Quotes

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When we fear punishment, we focus on consequences, not on our own values. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We can never make anyone do anything against their will without enormous consequences. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
I think that there is a problem with rewards and consequences because in the long run, they rarely work in the ways we hope. In… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
If the consequences are the same it is always better to assume the more limited antecedent, since in things of nature the limited, as being… — Aristotle
In their zeal for particular kinds of decisions to be made, those with the vision of the anointed seldom consider the nature of the:Â process:Â… — Thomas Sowell
Let us remember that the automatic machine is the precise economic equivalent of slave labor. Any labor which competes with slave labor must accept the… — Norbert Wiener
Thereâ€™s a passage that I love in Romans 1. â€¦ [I]t talks about homosexuality and it says that they will receive in their bodies the… — David Barton
I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences. — Irving Kristol
Governments can inflate their way out of debt, but that has consequences, doesn't it? — Kent Conrad
If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the… — Tony Abbott
A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at… — Warren E. Burger
The clearer you are about the consequences of your actions and the more intensely you desire to enjoy the consequences that your behaviors may lead… — Brian Tracy
We're in Sarah Palin's 'targeted' list, but the thing is that the way she has it depicted, we're in the crosshairs of a gun sight… — Gabrielle Giffords
When I'm in the process of making a movie I'm not thinking about the finished result, and whether people have to see it once or… — Abbas Kiarostami
In the social equation, the value of a single life is nil; in the cosmic equation, it is infinite... Not only communism, but any political… — Arthur Koestler
Never blame another person for your personal choices - you are still the one who must live out the consequences of your choices. — Caroline Myss
We need only take our heads out of the sand to see clearly that interventionism not only has failed to provide the promised something-for-nothing, but… — Leonard Read
Those unacquainted with the world take pleasure in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences. — Horace
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
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

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