#consequences

In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their sense of the Spirit behind the action, not by any speculations as to consequences which might ensue. And so they found the truth. ↗

— Roland Allen

#acts #any #apostles #arriving #behind

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#action #attention #both #cases #choice

Steroids can seem necessary to compete at the highest levels, and the quick rewards can outweigh the long term consequences to the user's health. ↗

— Howard Berman

#consequences #health #highest #highest levels #levels

History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all. ↗

— Jeff Vandermeer

#dreaming #history #often #poorly #shown

My point is this, the Government made this decision to ban totally beef exports into Indonesia, even to compliant abattoirs and this will have enormous consequences for the beef cattle industry across Australia. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#australia #ban #beef #cattle #compliant

The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like Afghanistan cannot be left to break up into anarchy and chaos without consequences for the whole world. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#anarchy #away #break #break up #cannot

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions. ↗

— Joyce Brothers

#actions #advice #anybody #consequences #give

My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision and police, baffled by fashion and spectacle, city dwellers can distinguish neither the sources of their existence nor the consequences. ↗

— James Buchan

#belief #cannot #city #complex #consequences

One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. ↗

— James Buchan

#awash #been #british #consequences #consular

When anger rises, think of the consequences. ↗

— Confucius

#consequences #rises #think