Top 1200 Actions Have Consequences Quotes & Sayings

I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir.

Actions must have consequences.

Every action we take has consequences, Vin," Kelsier said. "I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.

The art of politics is to separate actions from consequences

It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because the ethical realm exists nowhere if not here: in the consequences of human actions as they unfold in time, and the multiple interpretive possibility of those actions.

We now know that we cannot continue to put ever-increasing amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Actions have consequences. In fact, the consequences of past actions are already in the pipeline. Global temperatures are rising. Glaciers are melting. Sea levels are rising. Extreme weather events are multiplying.

In short, my vision of a responsible free society is one in which we discourage evil, but do not prohibit it. We make our children and students aware of the consequences of drug abuse and other forms of irresponsible behavior. But after all our persuading, if they still want to use harmful drugs, that is their privilege. In a free society, individuals must have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don't threaten or infringe upon the rights or property of others. They must also suffer the consequences of their actions, as it is from consequences that they learn to choose properly

Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions.

[A] private property regime makes people responsible for their own actions in the realm of material goods. Such a system therefore ensures that people experience the consequences of their own acts. Property sets up fences, but it also surrounds us with mirrors, reflecting back upon us the consequences of our own behavior.

Religious people are guided in their activities not by the consequences of their actions, but by the consciousness of the destination of their lives.

Novels teach you that actions have consequences. They help you grow up.

There are always consequences to actions that you take. There are consequences to inaction. And thinking through, asking the questions, "Well, then what happens? What comes next?" is critically important.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.

Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don't have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.

Actions have consequences.

You will learn and grow according to the nature and consequences of your actions.

I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.

Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning.

At the simplest level, economics can better show us the consequences of our actions. Less simple are cases in which we don't have the knowledge to predict the full consequences. Global warming and climate change are examples.

Men of thoughtless actions are always surprised by consequences.

Too many policies, programs and institutions are judged by what they are supposed to do, rather than by what they actually do and the consequences of their actions.

To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So you try to do what will have the best consequences for all of those affected.

It cannot be said too often that actions are good or bad in the light of consequences, and that a clear perception of consequences would control actions. That which increases the sum of human happiness is moral; and that which diminishes the sum of human happiness is immoral. . . . Blind, unreasoning obedience is the enemy of morality.

It is the responsibility of every human to know their actions and the consequences of their actions and to ask questions and to question things when they are wrong.

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.

I'm willing to deal with the consequences and accept responsibility for my actions.

I'm gut all the way, which is why I think I'm so connected to shows like Falling Water and even The Walking Dead, which is all about the mortal consequences of our actions. Generally, we act first and realize the consequences later.

The clearer you are about the consequences of your actions and the more intensely you desire to enjoy the consequences that your behaviors may lead to, the more motivated you will be.

The Democratic Party is a closed clique. They are not the best and brightest. They're not the smartest. They haven't had to prove themselves in the market in many of these peoples' cases, the career politicians. This is the establishment. This is the elites. Their concerns just have very little in common. Illegal immigration, to complain about it is so, so uninformed and so small-minded. They never encounter, they never face the consequences of their own laws. They don't face the consequences of their own directives or actions.

The actions taken by central banks and other authorities to stabilize a panic in the short run can work against stability in the long run if investors and firms infer from those actions that they will never bear the full consequences of excessive risk-taking.

I think words have consequences, and I think actions have consequences.

So many characters are governed by the consequences of their actions, and I wanted to have a character who is the exact opposite.

There has to be measures for players to know the consequences for their actions.

Pity that consequences are determined not by excuses but by actions!

When stepping into the mind of a psychopath, you realize that there is something missing in their brain that they do not understand the consequences of their actions- in a sense.

You have to think about the consequences of actions, and if they're negative, that shouldn't be your choice.

Beings are owners of their actions, heirs of their actions; they originate from their actions, are bound to their actions, have their actions as their refuge. It is action that distinguishes beings as inferior and superior.

The GOP/corporate right-wing, it seems, never really considers the consequences of their actions.

Although it is important to examine the consequences of today's actions far into the future, it is important not to confuse far future actions with what is done today. The impact of emissions that are made after 2100 has no bearing on what the world should do for the next 30 or even 100 years.

But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions.

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame, and doubt?

I realize now that I have made some mistakes. I am willing to accept the consequences of those actions.

In order not to be misunderstood, I want it perfectly clear that I believe it is incumbent on us to conduct our lives in a way that takes into account all the consequences of our actions, including the consequences to other people, and the consequences to the environment.

Autism typically means a person may not be fully aware of the consequences of their actions, or understand the consequences of their behaviour on others.

I think this is the biggest lesson a president or any of us who has responsibility to govern have to learn: There are always consequences to actions that you take. There are consequences to inaction.

We are trying to learn from the consequences of one's peers' actions.

And I take full responsibility for my actions and whatever consequences my peers see fit.

Leadership is the behavior each of us exerts when we take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.

Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.

Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.

A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.

You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions.

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

The actions of those in power can have enormous consequences - a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.

Actions have consequences. Ignorance about the nature of those actions does not free a person from responsibility for the consequences. (28)

People regulate their level and distribution of effort in accordance with the effects they expect their actions to have. As a result, their behavior is better predicted from their beliefs than from the actual consequences of their actions

There will always be a rule. There will be people who break the rules. There will be consequences. We fundamentally think these things will be true for a time. The question becomes, What are the consequences? Who enforces the consequences? What are the worst consequences?

The flow of action continually produces consequences which are unintended by actors, and these unintended consequences also may form unacknowledged conditions of actions in a feedback fashion. Human history is created by intentional activities but is not an intended project; it persistently eludes efforts to bring it under conscious direction.

We're all flawed human beings trying to be better but there's consequences to your actions and you have to be accountable for 'em.