“A man may plan as much as he wants to, but nothing of consequence is likely to come of it until the magician circumstance steps in and takes the matter off his hands.” MenWantMayMatterHandsStepsPlansCircumstancesConsequencePlanningMagician Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“Limiting birth by artificial means is an absurdly wrong step. The consequences of this act are irresponsible fatherhood or frustrated motherhood.” MeanStepsBirthConsequenceMotherhoodArtificialFrustratedFatherhoodIrresponsible Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“I have finally accepted that there are consequences to every action. I earned them and they are rightfully mine. There is no time to make bad decisions. Every step is precious. The definition of living is mine.” ActionDecisionStepsMinesConsequenceDefinitionsAcceptedEvery StepBad Decision Author:Tarryn Fisher
“What astonishing changes a few years are capable of producing! I am told that even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. From thinking proceeds speaking, thence to acting is often but a single step. But how irrevocable and tremendous! What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal and falacious! Would to God that wise measures may be taken in time to avert the consequences we have but too much reason to apprehend.” ThinkingYearsMayReasonCharacterGovernmentFormSpeakActingLibertyStepsTakenToo MuchWiseHorrorEqualCapableConsequenceIdealsBasesTriumphIncapableAstonishingRespectableGoverningDespotismForms Of GovernmentIrrevocableAvertSingle Step Author:George Washington
“Guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never confer real happiness; the evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, forever haunt the steps of the malefactor; while the paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.” MayLongRealEvilStepsForeverVirtuePathCrimeGreatnessConsequenceGuiltGhostWorldlySplendorReal Happiness Author:Walter Scott
“My guys look for me to step up in that magnitude and I take the challenge every time. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, but you've got to have a guy that will take those shots and deal with the consequences.” LooksSometimesGuyWinningLosesChallengesDealsStepsShotsConsequenceMagnitudeStep Up Author:Chauncey Billups
“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.” FirstsMotivationalHappinessFreedomAcceptingStepsHappenedAcceptanceConsequenceOvercomingAdversityMisfortunesFirst StepsElderlyOvercoming Hardship Author:William James
“The French Revolution printed money because they didn't have any, so they just printed it, and this was a revolutionary step which of course we are still reaping the huge consequences of today. It struck me that this was beginning to happen...there had been scandals where shares had been printed.” StillsHappensTodayCoursesStepsShareHugeRevolutionConsequenceRevolutionaryScandalPrintedFrench Revolution Author:Marina Warner
“[How to think about a problem:] The first step is to make the problem specific . . . ; The second step is to form theories freely of how to rid yourself of that burden . . . ; The third step is to develop in foresight the consequences of your proposals . . . ; The fourth and final step in thinking is to compare the consequences of your proposals to see which is best in the light of your scheme of life as a whole . . . ; Whether you choose a vacation or a spouse, a party or a candidate, a cause to contribute to or a creed to live by - think!” ThinkingFirstsWholeProblemLightFormCausesPartyStepsTheoryConsequenceThirdsFinalsBurdenCompareCandidatesLive ByVacationYou ChooseFourthFirst StepsCreedsSchemesSpouseProposalForesight Author:Brand Blanshard
“As a rule, [populism] is done for the sake of political expediency by those who do not care about the consequences, who do not think even one step ahead, who do not want to think and do not intend to honour their commitments.” ThinkingWantDoneCarePoliticalStepsCommitmentConsequenceSakeHonourPopulismExpediency Author:Vladimir Putin
“If nothing else in life, I want to be true to the things I believe in, and quite simply, to what I'm all about. I know I'd better, because it seems whenever I take a false step or two I feel the consequences.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsBelieveTwoSeemsI BelieveStepsConsequenceI Believe InBeing True Author:Peyton Manning
“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.” MadeMomentsWould BeTodayLife IsChoicesNextEnergyStepsHappenedJourneyWeekMissingTomorrowConsequenceIncludingFoolishJudgementPresent MomentPointlessNext StepsLeading MeNext WeekWrong Choices Book:Simply Love Source: Simply Love
“My point is that true leaders...understand the possible consequences of their decisions, and are willing to bear that weight. The question is whether that's a step you're willing to take." -Carlist Rieekan” DecisionLeaderStepsWillingBearsConsequenceWeightTrue Leader Author:Timothy Zahn
“Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself” StepsAchievementConsequenceOneselfSincerityEvery StepSteps ForwardToughness Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences.” MenDoeChallengesAcceptingStepsRiskConsequenceWitness Book:Witness Source: Witness
“The privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society quite unlike any we have seen - a society in which government may intrude into the secret regions of a life.” MayLittlesSometimesWholeGovernmentSecretStepsTakenSocietyCitizensConsequenceDignityLibertarianPrivacyRegionsCivil LibertiesIndividual Liberty Author:William O. Douglas
“I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure. The tedium was relieved by a few courses that seem to be qualitatively different. Geometry was the first exciting course I remember. Instead of memorizing facts, we were asked to think in clear, logical steps. Beginning from a few intuitive postulates, far reaching consequences could be derived, and I took immediately to the sport of proving theorems.” ThinkingFirstsDifferentFactsSeemsRememberScienceCoursesSportsStepsClearAdventureProveIntellectualConsequenceLogicExcitingReachingLogicalBiographiesIntuitiveGeometryRelievedChoresTheoremsTediumMemorizingSchoolwork Author:Steven Chu