Quotes about Consequence

We want them to see their home planet, Mrs. Whatsit said. The Medium lost the delighted smile she had worn till then. Oh, why must you make me look at unpleasant things when there are so many delightful ones to see? Again Mrs. Which's voice reverberated through the cave. There will no longer be so many pleasant things to look at if responsible people do not do something about the unpleasant ones.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the rider was lost; for want of a rider the message was lost; for want of the message the battle was lost; for want of the battle the war was lost; for want of the war the kingdom was lost; and all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

We do wrong, with all the best will in the world. And sometimes we do right without even knowing it.

You must not neglect doing a thing immediately good from fear of remote evil; --from fear of its being abused.

As to the history of the revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected ... before a drop of blood was shed.

One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner.

The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction.

Adam did not take away the will, but made it a slave where it was free. It is not only prone to sin, but is made subject to sin.

But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

Sin can bring pleasure, but never happiness.

Sir, you must not neglect doing a thing immediately good from fear of remote evil; - from fear of its being abused.

What you do is your history. What you set in motion is your legacy.