#consequence

But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

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Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#goal #must #success #success is

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

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Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#change #consequences #direction #failure #forget

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#consequences #ecology #every #every time #example

I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#happy #i #nominated #shareholders #take

Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend. ↗

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

#brain #cannot #cave #clever #comprehend

People make mistakes - they say things they shouldn't have or didn't necessarily mean. But I strongly believe in consequences. If there are none, someone might feel like they've gotten away with something, or that what they said couldn't have been that bad. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#bad #been #believe #consequences #feel

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth. ↗

— Aaron Hill

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