Consequence Quotes - Page 16

• This tug-of-war often obscures what's also happening between us. I am your mother, the first mile of your road. Me and all my obvious and hidden limitations. That means that in addition to possibly wrecking you, I have the chance to give to you what was given to me: a decent childhood, more good memories than bad, some values, a sense of tribe, a run at happiness. You can't imagine how seriously I take that - even as I fail you. Mothering you is the first thing of consequence that I have ever done.

  Kelly Corrigan

  Mother, Running, Memories

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• Above all, avoid lies, all lies, especially the lie to yourself. Keep watch on your own lie and examine it every hour, every minute. And avoid contempt, both of others and of yourself: what seems bad to you in yourself is purified by the very fact that you have noticed it in yourself. And avoid fear, though fear is simply the consequence of every lie. Never be frightened at your own faintheartedness in attaining love, and meanwhile do not even be very frightened by your own bad acts.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Lying, Watches, Deceit

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2002). “The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue”, p.58, Macmillan

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• There are black zones of shadow close to our daily paths, and now and then some evil soul breaks a passage through. When that happens, the man who knows must strike before reckoning the consequences.

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Men, Evil, Soul

  H. P. Lovecraft (2016). “THE CTHULHU MYTHOS TALES äóñ The Call of Cthulhu, The Haunter of the Dark, The Shadow out of Time, The Dunwich Horror, The Whisperer in Darkness, The Colour out of Space, The Thing on the Doorstepäó_: The Gateway into the Ancient Dimension of Terror Inhabited with Unspeakable Creatures, a Pantheon of Alien Extra-Dimensional Deities and Mythical Horrors Which Predate Humanity”, p.400, e-artnow

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• My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Men, Wheat Fields, Monotonous Life

  Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.86, eKitap Projesi

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• For this is what we do. Put one foot forward and then the other. Lift our eyes to the snarl and smile of the world once more. Think. Act. Feel. Add our little consequence to the tides of good and evil that flood and drain the world. Drag our shadowed crosses into the hope of another night. Push our brave hearts into the promise of a new day. With love; the passionate search for truth other than our own. With longing; the pure, ineffable yearning to be saved. For so long as fate keeps waiting, we live on.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Eye, Heart, Fate

  "Shantaram". Book by Gregory David Roberts, 2003.

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• Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say.Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: The requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world -- "No, YOU move.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Country, Jobs, Believe

  "Amazing Spider-Man". Comics by J. Michael Straczynski,

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• If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned.

  T. S. Eliot

  Understanding, Our Words, Deeds

  T. S. Eliot (2014). “Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950”, p.394, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Do you know what separates adults from children? Self-discipline. We don’t want to go to work, we don’t want to do our chores, and we don’t want to make unpleasant decisions, but we do all those things because we’re aware of the consequences which will follow if we don’t.

  Ilona Andrews

  Children, Self, Discipline

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• Now I must live with the consequences of the choice I made. And I will not call it the wrong choice. That would be foolish and pointless. That choice led me to everything that has happened since, including this very moment, and the choices I make today or tomorrow or next week will lead me to the next and next present moments in my life. It is all a journey, Miss Jewell. I have come to understand that that is what life is all about-a journey and the courage and energy always to take the next step and the next without judgement about what was right and what was wrong.

  Mary Balogh

  Journey, Next Week, Choices

  Mary Balogh (2006). “Simply Love”, p.131, Delacorte Press

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• What year these events transpired is of no consequence. Where they occured is not important. The time is always, and the place is everywhere.

  Dean Koontz

  Years, Important, Events

  Dean Koontz (2010). “What the Night Knows (with bonus novella Darkness Under the Sun): A Novel”, p.8, Bantam

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• Before examining this more carefully and investigating its consequences, I want to dwell for a moment in the contemplation of God, to ponder His attributes in me, to see, admire, and adore the beauty of His boundless light, insofar as my clouded insight allows. Believing that the supreme happiness of the other life consists wholly of the contemplation of divine greatness, I now find that through less perfect contemplation of the same sort I can gain the greatest joy available in this life.

  Rene Descartes

  Believe, Greatness, Light

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• So many misconceptions surround the notion of heroism. Far too many categorize a hero as a champion on the battlefield, a commander of legions, a master of rare talent or ability. Granted, there have been heroes who fit those descriptions. But many men of great evil as well. Heed me. A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences. Although any person could fit that description, very few do. Choose this day to be one of them." (Beyonders - A World Without Heroes)

  Brandon Mull

  Hero, Mean, Sacrifice

  Brandon Mull (2013). “Brandon Mull's Beyonders Trilogy: A World Without Heroes; Seeds of Rebellion; Chasing the Prophecy”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• Amy, listen to me. What I do. The choices I make. They're mine. Only mine. The consequences of those decisions—mine. "Mine," he repeated when she sighed heavily. "No one else's." Silence. Only the warm wetness of her tears dampening his shirt. It broke his heart.

  Cindy Gerard

  Heart, Choices, Silence

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• Let the consequences of your obedience be left up to God.

  Oswald Chambers

  Religious, Religion, Obedience

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• Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.

  Steig Larsson

  Action, Trouble, Impulsive

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• He could remember all about it now; the pitiful figure he must have cut; the absurd way in which he had gone and done the very thing he had so often agreed with himself in thinking would be the most foolish thing in the world; and had met with exactly the consequences which, in these wise moods, he had always foretold were certain to follow, if he ever did make such a fool of himself.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Wise, Memorable, Unrequited Love

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.1524, BookCaps Study Guides

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• If you want to mess with me, you'd rather be ready for the consequences.

  Francine Pascal

  Want, Ready, Mess With Me

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• If we only look far enough off for the consequence of our actions, we can always find some point in the combination of results by which those actions can be justified: by adopting the point of view of a Providence who arranges results, or of a philosopher who traces them, we shall find it possible to obtain perfect complacency in choosing to do what is most agreeable to us in the present moment.

  George Eliot

  Views, Perfect, Looks

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.1166, Wordsworth Editions

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• Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Thinking, Hands, Our Actions

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150+ Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, Lulu's Library, The Abbot's Ghost, A Garland for Girls…”, p.2823, e-artnow

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• Accustom yourself to look first to the dreadful consequences of failure; then fix your eye on the glorious prize which is before you; and when your strength begins to fail, and your spirits are well nigh exhausted, let the animating view rekindle your resolution, and call forth in renewed vigour the fainting energies of your soul.

  William Wilberforce

  Eye, Views, Soul

  William Wilberforce (2013). “A Practical View”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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• I think everyone should treat one another in a Christian manner. I will not, however, be responsible for the consequences.

  George Carlin

  Christian, Stupid People, Thinking

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• This was the consequence of seeing too much and understanding the horrible truth: No one is safe. The world is not manageable.

  David Sedaris

  Understanding, World, Safe

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• Are not half our lives spent in reproaches for foregone actions, of the true nature and consequences of which we were wholly ignorant at the time?

  Herman Melville

  Ignorant, Half, Action

  Herman Melville, Tyrus Hillway (1973). “Mardi: And a Voyage Thither”, p.380, Rowman & Littlefield

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• A world where a majority had imbibed the lessons implicit within tragic art would be one in which the consequences of our failures would necessarily cease to weigh upon us so heavily.

  Alain de Botton

  Art, Majority, Would Be

  Alain De Botton (2008). “Status Anxiety”, p.156, Vintage

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• Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him.

  Charles Stanley

  Obeying God

  Charles Stanley (2010). “In Step With God: Understanding His Ways and Plans for Your Life”, p.115, Thomas Nelson Inc

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