Quotes about Consequences

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.

That we got what we deserved in life.

There is no right way to do a wrong thing.

Laws of nature do not make exceptions for nice people. A bullet has no conscience; neither does a malignant tumor or an automobile gone out of control. That is why good people get sick and get hurt as much as anyone.

Satan greets people in hell by saying: "You'll find that there's no right or wrong here—just what works for you.

wisdom involves using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and to think of the well-being of the whole.