730 Quotes About Consequences

The journey driven by the winds of greed are certain to run aground on the shoals of suffering.

Wisdom’ and ‘greed’ sit at opposite ends of the continuum. And interestingly enough, they share the same place on the same continuum as ‘life’ and ‘death.’ And the person who is daring enough to be honest with themselves knows exactly which end they share.

In an alarming turning of the proverbial tables, we repeatedly tell ourselves that what we ‘want’ is in fact what we ‘need.’ And if we ever dare push back our greed sufficiently so that we can catch even the slightest glimpse of the carnage wrought of ‘wants’ unleashed, pursuing our ‘needs’ will quite quickly end up being all that we ‘want.

Other than a gaping hole, I won’t leave anything in life by taking everything from life. And if I don’t take anything from that statement, I’ll always be living at the bottom of the hole I’ve dug, wondering where I put the ladder I never had.

If I’m owed anything, it would be all of the consequences that come with believing that I’m owed.

You dad gives what you desire, but destiny gives what you deserve.

Muitos são os que servem o Diabo sem acreditar que ele existe. Poucos são os que entendem as consequências dessa contradição.

Rescue is made possible by someone creating the need to be rescued. And while we are privileged to be involved in the occasional rescue, it seems that we’re far more involved in creating the need for it.

To make a choice not to sacrifice is to decide that I am better off allowing a life to perish than release the resources I possess that might allow it to thrive. And because of choices such as these, the life that I am really allowing to perish is mine.