“A man doesn't require the approval of others. He's willing to follow his heart wherever it leads him. When a man is following his heart-centered path, it's of little consequence if the entire world is against him.” IfsMenWorldHeartLittlesPathWillingConsequenceFollowingMmaApprovalApproval Of Others Author:Steve Pavlina
“I think our nation faces enormous challenges, and we need leaders who are willing to tell the truth and do the right thing regardless of the consequences.” ThinkingNeedsFacesNationsChallengesLeaderWillingConsequenceEnormousRight ThingTelling The Truth Author:Ted Cruz
“Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty.” WayAcceptingWillingDemandAuthorityConscienceConsequencePenaltiesDisobedienceCivil Disobedience Author:Joseph Wood Krutch
“it's not until my third cup of coffee that I am fully awake and willing to face the consequences of that condition.” FacesConditionsWillingConsequenceThirdsCoffeeCupsAwakeCoffee Cup Author:Laura Bohannan
“God works with power, and can make the unwilling willing; if He undertakes the conversion of a soul, it will be converted. All the pious workings of our heart towards God are the fruit and consequence of the powerful working of His grace in us.” IfsHeartSoulPowerfulGraceWillingConsequenceFruitConversionUnwillingPious Author:Thomas Goodwin
“Particularly when the war power is invoked to do things to the liberties of people, or to their property or economy that only indirectly affect conduct of the war and do not relate to the engagement of the war itself, the constitutional basis should be scrutinized with care. ... I would not be willing to hold that war powers may be indefinitely prolonged merely by keeping legally alive a state of war that had in fact ended. I cannot accept the argument that war powers last as long as the effects and consequences of war for if so they are permanent -- as permanent as the war debts.” PeopleIfsShouldMayLongWarStatesFactsCareLastsLibertyAcceptingPowerEconomyAliveEffectsWillingConsequenceEconomicsArgumentBasesConstitutionPropertyDebtRelatePermanentEngagement Author:Robert H. Jackson
“You can think whatever you want, say whatever you want, and do whatever you want, as long as you are willing to face the consequences.” ThinkingWantLongFacesWillingConsequenceDo Whatever You Want Book:Walking with Grandfather: The Wisdom of Lakota Elders Source: Walking with Grandfather: The Wisdom of Lakota Elders
“Part of the popularity with Louis Farrakhan has less to do with the content of his message and more to do with the form that he portrays himself - as being a free, black person who speaks what is on his mind with boldness and fearlessness. Who is willing to pay the consequences.” MindPersonsFormSpeakBlackPayWillingMessagesConsequencePopularityBoldnessFearlessnessBlack Person Author:Cornel West
“Courage is not an ability one either possess or lacks. Courage is the willingness to engage in a risk-taking behavior regardless of whether the consequences are unknown or possibly adverse. We are capable of courageous behavior provided we are willing to engage in it. Given that life offers few guarantees, all living requires risk-taking.” GivenAbilityRiskWillingOffersBehaviorCapableConsequenceGuaranteesCourageousWillingnessRisk-takingAdverse Author:Alfred Adler
“I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love and the bitter unwanted passion of your sure defeat. I have heard, in that fierce embrace, even the gods speak of God.” IfsKnowsWantPassionSpeakHeardWillingConsequenceEmbraceDefeatBitterFierceUnwanted Author:David Whyte
“There is nothing superstitious about forcing bad consequences for the hubris of paternalistic utopianism. Humanity should never be frozen into a vision of the best. A creative society must be willing to tolerate some degree of instability because creativity is inherently unstable.” ShouldHumanityVisionCreativityCreativeWillingDegreesConsequenceTolerateFrozenUnstableSuperstitiousInstabilityHubris Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“Obviously cheap sentimentality isn't something any good novelist wants to traffic in, but I think it's a problem if you consider it to be the most egregious of all creative sins. I think it's a problem if you consider it the thing to be avoided at all cost. I think it's a problem of you're not willing to risk the consequences of that kind of emotionalism under any circumstances. Then you wind up in the cul-de-sac of irony.” IfsThinkingWantKindProblemSinCreativeRiskWillingWindCircumstancesCostConsequenceIronyNovelistsTrafficAvoidedSentimentality Author:Steve Erickson
“A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.” ChoicesResponsibilityWillingConsequenceResponsibleAssuming Author:Gary Zukav
“When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.” KnowsChoicesPositionWillingConsequenceResponsibleIntentionYou ChooseBeing Responsible Author:Gary Zukav
“Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who 'forgives' you--out of love--takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice. The price you must pay for your own liberation through another's sacrifice is that you in turn must be willing to liberate in the same way, irrespective of the consequences to yourself.” WayDoneTurnsPayBreakSacrificeWillingConsequenceForgivingChainsLiberationCausality Author:Dag Hammarskjold