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A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences. (Quote by - Norman Cousins)

No-one gives joy or sorrow. ... We gather the consequences of our own deeds. (Quote by - Garuda Purana)

If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin. (Quote by - Katharine Butler Hathaway)

I think any type of consequence for this behavior sends a message and it was up to the judge. We did our part. I did my part individually by finally coming forward and I'm at peace with the consequence being delivered by somebody else. (Quote by - Thomas Roberts)

When you prepare for the consequences of a terrorist situation, you are preparing yourself inevitably for an earthquake, fire or flood. You're looking at the same consequences. (Quote by - Eric Lamoureux)

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. (Quote by - Stephen R. Covey)

We're not just concerned about the consequences of underage drinking but also with preventing the illegal sale of alcohol to children. We liaise very closely with licensees all year round to make sure that they understand the law, and the consequences of breaking it. (Quote by - Theresa May)

A lot of times, they're just not thinking about the consequences. They've got the computer in their home, they feel secure, they don't think about the consequences of posting their lives online. (Quote by - John Shehan)

Pick your own path. Which direction you choose doesn't matter; you can have any experience you want with no negative consequences. (Quote by - Thomas J. Powell)

It is not rejection itself that people fear, it is the possible consequences of rejection. Preparing to accept those consequences and viewing rejection as a learning experience that will bring you closer to success, will not only help you to conquer the fear of rejection, but help you to appreciate rejection itself. (Quote by - Bo Bennett)

There has to be a consequence to failure. Schools in the inner cities cannot be told, 'Oh, we want you to teach every child to learn how to read and, incidentally, if you fail to do that there's no consequence,' .. There has to be a consequence to failure, and the Title I money needs to follow the child. (Quote by - Karl Rove)

Choice of attention ... is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be. (Quote by - W. H. Auden)

Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)

The most human thing we have to do in life is is to learn to speak our honest convictions and feelings and live with the consequences. This is the first requirment of love, and it makes us vulnerable to other people who may ridicule us. But our vulnerability is the only thing we can give to other people. (Quote by - Leo F. Buscaglia)

Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before--consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. (Quote by - George Eliot)

Motives and purposes are in the brain and heart of man. Consequences are in the world of fact. (Quote by - Henry Geaye)

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures and that is the basis of all morality. (Quote by - John F. Kennedy)

Nations, like individuals, have to limit their objectives or take the consequences. (Quote by - James Reston)

We do not see today any grounds for passing a U.N. resolution that would envisage or sanction the use of force against Iraq, .. We always underlined that the use of force is an extreme measure, which involves grave consequences for the country and grave international consequences, and it should only be applied in extreme situations. (Quote by - Igor Ivanov)

The human race is on its road to self-destruction, and we wouldn't have it any other way. For we are taught not through the consequences of right and wrong but by the vast unknowing that brings us closer to death. (Quote by - Breanna C.)

I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. (Quote by - Mahatma Gandhi)

To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. (Quote by - John Cage)

We have to make a really cold judgement. Would the consequence of civil war be more devastating than the consequences of staying the course?. (Quote by - Zbigniew Brzezinski)

The evil that machinery is doing is not merely in the consequence of its work but in the fact that it makes men themselves machines also. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)

The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on grounds that have nothing to do with their social consequences. (Quote by - Bertrand Russell)

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