Quotes about Consequence

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions." This saying, which is found in a broad variety of lands, does not arise from the brash worldly wisdom of an incorrigible. It instead reveals deep Christian insight.

When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.

Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It's been that way all this year. It's been that way so many times. All of war is that way.

You could not go back. If you did not go forward what happened?

I'd be glad to shoot you.' 'Would you?' 'No. There's a law against it.

Everything you do matters. Every move you make, every action you take...matters. Not just to you, or your family, or your business or hometown. Everything you do matters to all of us forever.

First we make a choice. Then our choices make us.

Everything somehow works out. Every decision has an outcome, and every path has a destination.

Actually, there was nothing sudden about his undoing. His fall was inevitable. The end of this story was determined years ago when he chose a path that, from the very beginning, had dishonor, disgrace, and dismissal as the destination. Direction determines destination. Every time.

There's a third thing about getting lost. The road I'm on always determines where I end up. Pretty insightful, eh? It really doesn't matter where I intended to be; the path I take determines my ultimate destination. Plans, intentions, spousal expectations . . . none of that counts. I always end up where the road I've chosen takes me. And that, as you know by now, is the theme of this book.

God will take care of the poor trampled slave, but where will the slaveholder be when eternity begins?

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.