Quotes about Consequences

I have come to believe that humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves to principles. Pride says that we are in control, and since our values govern our behavior, we can simply do life our way. We may do so but the consequences of our behavior flow from principles not our values. Therefore we should value principles.

Did you ever consider how ridiculous it would be to try to cram on a farm—to forget to plant in the spring, play all summer and then cram in the fall to bring in the harvest? The farm is a natural system. The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut. This principle is also true, ultimately, in human behavior, in human relationships. They, too, are natural systems based on the law of the harvest

The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.

Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.

Principles control consequences; values control behavior.

We can't recall them, we can't undo them, we can't control the consequences that came as a result

We can't recall them, we can't undo them, we can't control the consequences that came as a result

You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.

What we sow, we must inevitably reap.

in reaping for so long where we have not sown, perhaps we have forgotten the need to sow.

Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences. We are free to choose our response in any situation, but in doing so, we choose the attendant consequence. "When we pick up one end of the stick, we pick up the other.

Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.