Natural Consequences Quotes

• In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Inspiring, Wisdom, Nature

  'Some Reasons Why' (1881) pt. 8 'The New Testament' in 'The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll' (1915) vol. 2, p. 315

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• Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Responsibility, Choices, Express Yourself

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• Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

  Thomas Huxley

  Wise, Wisdom, Science

  'Science and Culture and Other Essays' (1881) 'On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata'

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• When anger rises, think of the consequences.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Yoga

  "The Sacred Edict: Containing Sixteen Maxims of the Emperor Kang-He". Book by Yu-p'u Wang (p. 298), 1817.

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• Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Law, Choices, Natural

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• Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Denis Waitley, Dayna Waitley, Deborah Waitley (1999). “The Psychology of Winning for Women: What Every Woman Needs to Know, what Every Man Needs to Understand”, Executive Excellence Pub

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• It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.

  Josiah Stamp

  Integrity, Responsibility, Community

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• Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

  Norman Cousins

  Motivational, Wisdom, Entrepreneur

  Norman Cousins (1974). “The celebration of life: a dialogue on immortality and infinity”, Harper San Francisco

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• Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

  Thomas Huxley

  Self Confidence, Mind, Acting

  Leonard Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). “Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley”, p.116, Cambridge University Press

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• How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Love, Family, Happiness

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• It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Advice, Trying, Suggestions

  Jawaharlal Nehru (1967). “Aug. 1949-Feb. 1953”

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• Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.

  Epictetus

  Natural, Fulfillment, Doing The Right Thing

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• Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Motivational, Success

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 27, 2016

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• What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and pride which is always prone to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and strife... Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment.

  Nikola Tesla

  Pride, Community, Understanding

  Nikola Tesla (2016). “My Inventions: And Other Writings”, p.54, Courier Dover Publications

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• Hence the tension, the anxiety, the anguish of humanity. The more you fight with death, the more anxiety-ridden you will become, you are bound to become. That's a natural consequence of it.

  Rajneesh

  Death, Fighting, Anxiety

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• To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.

  Henry Cloud

  People, Behavior, Natural

  Henry Cloud, John Townsend (2008). “Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No”, p.39, Zondervan

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• We can teach children about natural consequences and cause and effect of their relationships which is really a mirror of what happens in nature.

  Shefali Tsabary

  Children, Mirrors, Causes

  Source: www.chicagonow.com

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• Going against the tide has never been difficult for me. It wasn't even a conscious decision but the natural consequence of following my own instinct.

  Lewis Gordon

  Decision, Tides, Instinct

  "Achieving The Impossible". Book by Lewis Gordon Pugh, 2010.

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• The ability to know that your perceptions are accurate has to happen without others' validation. Intuition is not the result of diet, rituals, or wind chimes. It's the natural consequence of having self-esteem, the greatest power you can have. With self-esteem, your life can broaden into an adventure because you can know in your gut that you can handle the unknown. And you can handle helping others without fear, which is true liberation.

  Caroline Myss

  Motivational, Self Esteem, Adventure

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• Just as war is the natural consequence of monopoly, peace is the natural consequence of liberty.

  Gustave de Molinari

  War, Liberty, Natural

  Gustave Molinari (1977). “Production of Security, The”, p.59, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house.

  Fran Lebowitz

  History, House, Leaving

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from May 06, 2010

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• Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment.

  Nikola Tesla

  Enlightenment, Natural, Universal

  Nikola Tesla (2016). “My Inventions: And Other Writings”, p.54, Courier Dover Publications

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• When we obey the commandments of the Lord and serve His children unselfishly, the natural consequence is power from God—power to do more than we can do by ourselves. Our insights, our talents, our abilities are expanded because we receive strength and power from the Lord. His power is a fundamental component to establishing a home filled with peace.

  Richard G. Scott

  Children, Home, Fundamentals

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• Eating meat is a leftover of the greatest brutality [killing]; the transition to vegetarianism is the first and most natural consequence of enlightenment.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Vegetarianism, Enlightenment, Meat

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• Use whatever excuse you can to vibrate in harmony with those things you've been saying you want. And when you do, those things that are a vibrational equivalent flow into your experience in abundance. Not because you deserve it, not because you've earned it, but because it's the natural consequence of the Law of Attraction. That which is like unto itself is drawn.

  Esther Hicks

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Nature

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