Consequences Of Our Actions Quotes

• The consequences of our actions take hold of us, quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have 'improved.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Karma, Our Actions, Claims

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2009). “Basic Writings of Nietzsche”, p.283, Modern Library

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• I think that's the moment when we all grow up, when we stop blaming our parents for the messes we've made out of our lives and start owning the consequences of our actions.

  Lisa Unger

  Growing Up, Responsibility, Thinking

  Lisa Unger (2010). “Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You”, p.723, Crown

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• I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

  Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

  Life, Believe, Choices

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• We make choices. No one else can live our lives for us. And we must confront and accept the consequences of our actions.

  Neil Gaiman

  Choices, Our Actions, Accepting

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• The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.

  J. K. Rowling

  Life, Potters, Our Actions

  "Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban". Book by J. K. Rowling, July 8, 1999.

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• There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Liberty, Our Actions, Accepting

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• It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq.

  Kenneth Clarke

  War, Iraq, Leaving

  Kenneth Clarke's speech, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2005.

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• Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Errors, Enquiry, Inquiry

  Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”

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• We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.

  King Hussein I

  Truth, Mistake, Dark

  "Remarks during a conference of Arab chiefs of state". The New York Times, p. 6, August 31, 1967.

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• So long as we are brave enough to accept the consequences of our actions, no one can take away our freedom of choice.

  Mike Norton

  Long, Choices, Bravery

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• Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Long, Vacuums, Our Actions

  "Khaled Hosseini: The Threads That Connect Us" by Khaled Hosseini, www.shelf-awareness.com.

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• Only as long as we believe in our own identity over time does it make sense for us to make future plans, avoid risks, and treat our fellow human beings fairly - for the consequences of our actions will, in the end, always concern ourselves.

  Thomas Metzinger

  Believe, Long, Risk

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• In order not to be misunderstood, I want it perfectly clear that I believe it is incumbent on us to conduct our lives in a way that takes into account all the consequences of our actions, including the consequences to other people, and the consequences to the environment.

  Michael Crichton

  Believe, Order, People

  Remarks to the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, www.cs.cmu.edu. September 15, 2003.

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• ...the only thing that continues is the consequences of our action.

  Huston Smith

  Our Actions, Action, Consequence

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• What our Seventh Generation will have is a consequence of our actions today.

  Winona LaDuke

  Generations, Our Actions, Today

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• If we only look far enough off for the consequence of our actions, we can always find some point in the combination of results by which those actions can be justified: by adopting the point of view of a Providence who arranges results, or of a philosopher who traces them, we shall find it possible to obtain perfect complacency in choosing to do what is most agreeable to us in the present moment.

  George Eliot

  Views, Perfect, Looks

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.1166, Wordsworth Editions

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• Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent that which we feel strongest about in guiding our behavior.

  Stephen Covey

  Law, Our Actions, Principles

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.322, Simon and Schuster

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• We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear. King Hussein Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error. - Thomas Jefferson We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.

  Barbara Jordan

  Kings, Mistake, Dark

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• In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the consequences of our actions.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Buddhist, Teaching, Ignorance

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