Consequences Quotes
1504 quotes by 1144 authors
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It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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This illustrates an important truth, namely, that the worse your logic, the more interesting the consequences to which it gives rise.
— Bertrand Russell
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Who you get, and how it works out- there's so much luck involved, as well as the million branching consequences of your conscious choice of…
— Ian Mcewan
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...every time you make a decision to be less than what God wants for you, you're denying yourself some of God's blessings. It's up to…
— Terri Blackstock
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Life is like that, full of words that are not worth saying or that were worth saying once but not any more, each word that…
— Jose Saramago
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Ironically enough, the only people who can hold up indefinitely under the stress of modern war are psychotics. Individual insanity is immune to the consequences…
— Aldous Huxley
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Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences...Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives.…
— James E. Faust
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It was a splendid population - for all the slow, sleepy, sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home - you never find that sort of people among…
— Mark Twain
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One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land…
— Aldo Leopold
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Pity that consequences are determined not by excuses but by actions!
— George Eliot
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So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have…
— Epictetus
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On a grander scale, when a society segregates itself, the consequences affect the economy, the emotions, and the ecology. That's one reason why it's easy…
— Joel Salatin
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What is the point? We assume that every time we do anything we know what the consequences will be, i.e., more or less what we…
— Douglas Adams
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True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.
— Mignon McLaughlin
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Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.
— Jennifer Armintrout
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And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise…
— Sándor Márai
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HOROSCOPE: Today is a good time for making new friends. A good deed may have unforeseen consequences. Don’t upset any druids. You will soon be…
— Terry Pratchett
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The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.
— George Orwell
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Shouldn't we also ask ourselves what the consequences are of scrambling to provide the "most" of everything to our children in a world of fast…
— John Taylor Gatto
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I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret…
— Sophie Scholl
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