Quotes about Consequences

The consequences of an act are often quite different from what one would guess. You must be sure that the intention in your heart is large enough to contain all wrong turnings, all disappointments

If you carry your past into battle you are riding to your death.

The good book says that he that lives by the sword shall perish by the sword, said

When smart people do dumb things it's usually due to one of two things. The two things are greed and fear. They want something they're not supposed to have or they've done something they weren't supposed to do. In either case they've usually fasten on to a set of beliefs that are supportive of their state of mind but at odds with reality. It has become more important for them to believe that to know.

Be sure your sins will find you out, especially if you're married and her name's Bertha

I'm no expert, but I know one thing about anger—it's like alcohol. At some point, if you pour enough in there, it's coming back up. You may think you've built up a tolerance, but the truth is this—no man, not even Unc, can bury it so deep that it doesn't erupt at some point like Vesuvius and splatter your soul across the earth.

By your words you'll be acquitted, and by your words you'll be condemned.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

If I win, I win, and if I lose, I win because my responsibility is to obey God and to leave the consequences up to him.

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.

Wrong behavior carries with it the seeds of its own retribution.

Wrong behavior carries with it the seeds of its own retribution.