Best consequence & opportunity Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Self-interest and mutual interest are inextricably linked. National interests can best be advanced through collective action, ... Calculate not just the human misery of the poor themselves. Calculate our loss: The aid, the lost opportunity to trade, the short-term consequences of the multiple conflicts; the long-term consequences on the attitude to the wealthy world of injustice and abject deprivation amongst the poor.”

“One of the worst consequences politically would be for the majority of Democrats to vote for someone who, in the near future, would overturn well-established precedents on clean air, clean water, privacy, equal opportunity and religious liberty.”

“Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off your guard (or you must take the consequences) - neither is there any room for humour or caprice or prejudice.”

Self Opportunity Rooms Cases Teacher Danger Humour Laughter Consequence Prejudice Defeat Delusion Scholar Exposure Scorn Disgrace Good Teacher Caprice Self Delusion Time Away

Book:On the Pleasure of Hating

Source: On the Pleasure of Hating

“Agency is the power to think, choose, and act for ourselves. It comes with endless opportunities, accompanied by responsibility and consequences. It is a blessing and a burden. Using this gift of agency wisely is critical today because never in the world's history have God's children been so blessed or so blatantly confronted with so many choices.”

Thinking World Children Today Choices Opportunity Responsibility Blessing Consequence Blessed Burden Critical Endless Agency Endless Opportunities

Author:Sharon G. Larsen

“Technically speaking, since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents,they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities. These disruptions can, with minimum expense, have considerably destructive consequences. Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems.”

“We have created a democracy that links us all, and with it come not only opportunities but obligations. There are no gates or walls high enough. There are no bank accounts large enough to buy you and your family and your friends protection from the fear and hunger of those left behind or to isolate you from the consequences of growing social inequities. We are all in this boat together. And the fact that there isn't a hole at your end of the boat doesn't mean you are safe.”

Source: Fanatics & Fools: How Politicians are Betraying the American People

“In this world the one thing supremely worth having is the opportunity to do well and worthily a piece of work of vital consequence to the welfare of mankind.”

World Wells Opportunity Pieces One Thing Mankind This World Consequence Welfare

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“I request that they may be considered in confidence, until the members of Congress are fully possessed of their contents, and shall have had opportunity to deliberate on the consequences of their publication; after which time, I submit them to your wisdom.”

May Wisdom Opportunity Members Consequence Congress Possessed Submit Deliberate Request Publication

Book:The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

“People who expect to feel guilty tend to be more sympathetic, to put themselves into other people's shoes, to think about the consequences of their behaviour before acting, and to treasure their morals. As a result they are less prone to lie, cheat or behave immorally when they conduct a business deal or spot an opportunity to make money, studies suggest. They are also likely to make better employees because people who think less about the future results of their actions are more likely to be late, to steal or to be rude to clients.”

“We are compelled to work more hours per day, receive less pay per hour, pay more for what we buy, and recieve less for what we sell. The consequence is that we must work harder and more hours per day than we should, and in the end have less than what is due to us as our part of the advantages, conveniences and opportunities resulting from advancing civilization.”

Should Ends Opportunity Hours Pay Hard Work Civilization Consequence Advantage Harder Sells Dues Compelled Convenience Work Harder Advancing

Author:Charles Lindbergh

“Bargains are the holy grail of the true stockpicker. The fact that 10 to 30 percent of our net worth is lost in a market sell-off is of little consequence. We see the latest correction not as a disaster but as an opportunity to acquire more shares at low prices. This is how great fortunes are made over time.”

Littles Made Facts Opportunity Lost Share Holy Lows Percent Consequence Sells Fortune Disaster Acquire Bargains Corrections Holy Grail Net Worth

Book:Beating the Street

Source: Beating the Street

“If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a consequence of past agreements have an effective social safety net, adjustment assistance, opportunities for retraining and new job creation that enables all Americans to thrive.”

Ifs Jobs Past Opportunity Social Support Creation Consequence Safety Trade Thrive Agreement Assistance Adjustment New Job Safety Net Job Creation Trade Agreements

Author:Susan Rice

“There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.”

Ifs Men Children Opportunity Social Process Men And Women Consequence Equality Equality Of People Equality Of Opportunity Social Equality Equality Of Man

Book:President Wilson's Addresses

Source: President Wilson's Addresses

“Do you see the consequences of the way we have chosen to think about success? Because we so profoundly personalize success, we miss opportunities to lift others onto the top rung...We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail. And most of all, we become much too passive. We overlook just how large a role we all play—and by “we” I mean society—in determining who makes it and who doesn’t.”

Thinking Way Mean Play Opportunity Roles Too Much Failing Missing Succeed Consequence Chosen Lifts Awe Passive About Success Outliers Missing Opportunity

Author:Malcolm Gladwell

“Morality, then, is not a set of arbitrary regulations dictated by a vengeful deity and written down in a book; nor is it the custom of a particular culture or tribe. It is a consequence of the interchangeability of perspectives and the opportunity the world provides for positive-sum games.”

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Book:The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Source: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.”

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Author:Bernard de Mandeville

“Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.”

People Made Suffering Opportunity Lost Poverty Millions Promise Despair Consequence Profound Illness Lost Opportunity

Author:Ban Ki-moon

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