Consequence Quotes
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She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.
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A man is already of consequence in the world when it is known that we can implicitly rely upon him. Often I have known a man to be preferred in stations of honor and profit because he had this reputation: When he said he knew a thing, he knew it, and when he said he would do a thing, he did it.
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Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent that which we feel strongest about in guiding our behavior.
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Never blame another person for your personal choices - you are still the one who must live out the consequences of your choices.
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Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.
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Every thought has a consequence. And every experience has a causative thought behind it.
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If the ego is not regularly and repeatedly dissolved in the unbounded hyperspace of the Transcendent Other, there will always be slow drift away from the sense of self as part of nature’s larger whole. The ultimate consequence of this drift is the fatal ennui that now permeates Western Civilization.
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The problem in society we have at the moment is that everyone is afraid of making a mistake. Everyone is afraid of the consequence of error.
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Values determine behavior; Principles determine the consequences of behavior.
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Launch out into the deep. One discovers by living in scorn of consequence.
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The poor are the very lifeblood of the left, attracting activists, supporting among the intelligentsia, and - perhaps most important - allowing the left to indulge in self-congratulation as people who 'care.' But, if they really cared, they would want to know what the facts are and what the actual consequences of their various nostrums are.
