“I do not care what you do, and that is hard for you to hear. Yet do you care what your children do when you send them out to play? Is it a matter of consequence to you whether they play tag, or hide and seek, or pretend? No, it is not, because you know they are perfectly safe. You have placed them in an environment which you consider friendly and very okay.” KnowsInspirationalChildrenMatterHardPlayCareReligiousEnvironmentSafeConsequenceOkayOur ChildrenYour ChildrenFriendlyTagHide And SeekDo You Care Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I think it's better to have limits. My limits are different from other people's limits. I'm all for freedom, I'm all for people doing what they want. I'm also all for people shouldering the consequences of their behaviors, and not being assholes, and not lying unless they need to, and being honest except when you shouldn't, and being faithful except when it's okay to cheat. I guess I'm just a mass of contradictions.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsDifferentLyingHonestLimitsBehaviorMassConsequenceOkayBeing HonestFaithfulContradictionCheatBeing Faithful Author:Dan Savage
“Many people functionally share this belief that work has no greater meaning than the paycheck it provides. A natural consequence of this faith commitment is the belief it's okay to do mediocre work so that in your free time you can enjoy your true passions.” PeoplePassionBeliefEnjoyNaturalGreaterShareCommitmentConsequenceOkayMediocrePaychecksFree TimeNatural ConsequencesTrue Passion Author:David Kim
“There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things left undone that day. Things that did not go right, things that seemed okay at the time because we could not see the future. If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.” IfsKnowsDoneActionLeftResultsKnowingConsequenceOkayEndlessUselessRight ThingStringsSmallestThings DoneAlaskaUndoneLooking For Alaska BookKnowing Better Book:Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition Source: Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition
“Spilling a Secret What its size, will have varying consequences. It’s not possible to predict what will happen if you open the gunnysack, let the cat escape. A liberated feline might purr on your lap, or it might scratch your eyes out. You can’t tell until you loosen the knot. Do you chance losing a friendship, if that friend’s well-being will only be preserved by betraying sworn-to silence trust? Once the seam is ripped, can it be mended again? And if that proves impossible, will you be okay when it all falls to pieces?” IfsWellsMightHappensEyeFallChanceSecretSilencePiecesImpossibleProveLosingConsequenceCatOkaySizeWell BeingBetrayScratchesLapLiberatedKnotsRippedSpillingFelineLosing Friendship Author:Ellen Hopkins