Consequences Quotes

"It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves."

"The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else."

"No lie you can speak or act but it will come, after longer or shorter circulation, like a bill drawn on Nature's reality, and be presented there for payment."

Thomas Carlyle

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."

"Every war is easy to begin but very hard to stop."

Sallust

"Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please."

"When a vote of war is taken, no one reckons on his own death."

Euripides

"Wars are not paid for in wartime; the bill comes later."

“Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions.”

“The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life.”

“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”

“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.”

“When anger rises, think of the consequences.”

Confucius

“From anger comes delusion; from delusion, loss of memory; from loss of memory, the destruction of intelligence; and from the destruction of intelligence one perishes.”

The Bhagavad Gita

“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.”

Euripides

“People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.”

“Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.”

Seneca

“Anger is a stone cast into a wasp's nest.”

Indian Proverb

“Anger, the fire that destroys those near it, burns even the raft of kinship.”

Thiruvalluvar

“While seeking revenge, dig two graves, one for yourself.”

Douglas Horton

“The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.”

Chinese Proverb

“The one who throws the stone forgets; the one who is hit remembers forever.”

African Proverb