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Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals. -- Jim Rohn
Consequences are unpitying. -- George Eliot
Consequence is no coincidence. -- Lauryn Hill
Apperance is a Consequence of Fitness. -- Mark Twight
When anger rises, think of the consequences. -- Confucius
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. -- Norman Cousins
Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. -- Gustave Flaubert
Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious. -- George Bernard Shaw
Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that. -- Ayrton Senna
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. -- Robert Green Ingersoll
Christian Kings may erre in deducing a Consequence, but who shall Judge? -- Thomas Hobbes
Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. -- Alfred Armand Montapert
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men. -- Thomas Huxley
True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive. -- Mignon McLaughlin
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. -- William James
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. -- Josiah Stamp
Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. -- Robert Green Ingersoll
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things. -- Bruce Barton
Everything is the result of the Law of Action and Consequence but with the possibility that a superior law transcends an inferior law. -- Samael Aun Weor
Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise. -- Cyril Connolly
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence -- William Shakespeare
Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself. -- Viktor E. Frankl
What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do -- John Ruskin
There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends in everyone's work. -- Lynda Barry
As our expedition to New York seems likely to be attended with a very fatal Consequence, and ourselves haply censured for undertaking it without assurance of success. -- Lewis Hallam
Christianity and Islam are today the most numerous and fastest growing religions globally. Together they encompass more than half of humanity. Consequence: both are here to stay. -- Miroslav Volf
She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. -- Jane Austen
Half a century ago, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote that happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself. -- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again. -- David Viscott
A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching. -- Swami Sivananda
I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I've lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment. -- John Steinbeck
Designing and developing anything of consequence is incredibly challenging. -- Jonathan Ive
My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history. -- Jose Mujica
There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination. -- William Godwin
When my mother died, I fell apart. My father wanted to control me. As a consequence, I ran away to America. -- Louise Bourgeois
If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin. -- Katharine Butler Hathaway
To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence, it would be to doubt everything; and then what is life for? -- Jose Rizal
When you have a global mush, people lose their identity, they become pseudonyms, they have no investment and no consequence in what they do. -- Jaron Lanier
Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing. -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature. -- Voltaire
Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. -- Thomas Jefferson
Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a new principle and always lives a new life. -- J. C. Ryle
The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it. -- Blaise Pascal
The sea has now changed from it's natural, to river coloured water, the probable consequence of some streams falling into the bay, or into the ocean to the north of it, through the low land. -- George Vancouver
The consequence was, that the most sudden and visible good effects were perceived from the use of oranges and lemons; one of those who had taken them, being at the end of 6 days fit for duty. -- James Lind
Every economy exists, no matter what the level of democracy, has elements of crony capitalism. It's - given human nature and given the democratic structures, which we all, I assume, adhere to, that is an inevitable consequence. -- Alan Greenspan
Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that's a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple. -- Jonathan Ive
Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. -- Eric Ries
Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country. -- Maximilien Robespierre
Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation. -- Warren Buffett
What should we suppose must naturally be the consequence of our carrying on a slave trade with Africa? With a country, vast in its extent, not utterly barbarous, but civilized in a very small degree? Does any one suppose a slave trade would help their civilization? -- William Wilberforce
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More brands are waking up to their social responsibility and doing good work through cause marketing campaigns. Yet too many still go about it the wrong way. I mean 'wrong' in two senses. Firstly, they are marketing ineffectively, and secondly, as a consequence their positive social impact is not maximized. -- Simon Mainwaring
If the cosmos isn't finite, then far, far away, floating duplicates of your brain - with all its experiences, thoughts, and emotions - are occasionally (and temporarily) thrown together by the random combining of atoms. Such 'Boltzmann brains,' as they're called, are a disturbing consequence of an unlimited universe. -- Seth Shostak
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself. -- James E. Faust
In consequence of our limited ideas of the sufferings of Christ, we place a low estimate upon the great work of the atonement. The glorious plan of man's salvation was brought about through the infinite love of God the Father. In this divine plan is seen the most marvelous manifestation of the love of God to the fallen race. -- Ellen G. White
... consequence has its tax;... -- Jane Austen
Every decision has a consequence. -- Damon Darrell
One is oneself a fine consequence. -- Henry James
Everything has a consequence to it. -- John Patrick Hickey
Learning is a consequence of thinking. -- David Perkins
The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence -- Samuel Johnson
The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence. -- Samuel Johnson
Inequality is the inevitable consequence of liberty. -- Salvador de Madariaga
Colour is always a consequence, never a cause. -- Edwin Land
Every easy choice will have its consequence tomorrow. -- Meryl Streep
Schizophrenia may be a necessary consequence of literacy. -- Marshall McLuhan
The thought is just as strong as the consequence. -- Anthony Liccione
A threat is a promise followed by a consequence. -- Amy Dickinson
What is of consequence is I did my best. -- Lee Kuan Yew
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. -- Voltaire
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances. -- Livy
Where consequence ceases, there folly, restlessness and misery begin. -- Johann Kaspar Lavater
The inevitable consequence of love is the building of temples. -- Alex Grey
The essence of training is to allow error without consequence. -- Orson Scott Card
Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith. -- Anna Letitia Barbauld
Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house. -- Fran Lebowitz
Fine art is in the last consequence, philosophy expressed visually. -- Max Bill
Don't do anything wrong,if you can't stand the consequence. -- Bradley B. Dalina
She'll die.' 'Aye. That's a consequence of being alive. -- Ursula K. Le Guin
Anything can be said and, in consequence, written about anything. -- George Steiner
In consequence, science is more important than ever for industrial technology. -- Kenneth G. Wilson
Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment. -- Nikola Tesla
Everything is connected to everything else, and nothing is without consequence -- David Huddle
I've always taken my hangovers as consequence, not as a punishment. -- John Steinbeck
Financial crises are an unfortunate but necessary consequence of modern capitalism. -- Andrew Lo
Every beginning is a consequence - every beginning ends some thing. -- Paul Valery
Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts. -- Yasmin Mogahed
In consequence of inventing machines, men will be devoured by them. -- Jules Verne
The hardest mistakes to learn from are those that lack consequence. -- Jasper Sole
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. -- Samuel Johnson
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. -- Samuel Johnson
Living with consequence is more difficult than dying because of it. -- Greg Gathy
Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind. -- Washington Allston
A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity. -- Edward Tufte
Mothering you is the first thing of consequence I have ever done. -- Kelly Corrigan
Few actions of consequence in the world have been accomplished without passion. -- Jerold Panas
Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull. -- Wyndham Lewis
There are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts. -- Charles Caleb Colton
Even the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner. -- James Wolcott
That walls should fall is the consequence of blowing your own trumpet. -- Jeanette Winterson
I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution. -- E. O. Wilson
Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions. -- Pliny the Younger
Cultivate a sweet temper and the sweet speech which is its natural consequence. -- Sathya Sai Baba
I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence. -- Lee Child
to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized. -- Bette Lord
ingratitude is the necessary consequence of receiving favors of which we are ashamed. -- Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Slavery was not born of racism; rather, racism was the consequence of slavery. -- Eric Williams
Intolerance is evidence of fear, and fear is the consequence of feeling powerless. -- Dean Frazer
Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point. -- Henry Mintzberg
Does the weight of consequence drag you down until it pulls you under? -- Ashlee Simpson
Success is the consequence of first having dreams and then acting upon them. -- Richard Tyler
Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches. -- Thomas Paine
You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence. -- Carly Fiorina
What our Seventh Generation will have is a consequence of our actions today. -- Winona LaDuke
Life is full of many minor annoyances, and few matters of real consequence. -- Harvey Penick
Launch out into the deep. One discovers by living in scorn of consequence. -- Essie Summers
A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence. -- Brandon Sanderson
We don't just get our choice; we get the consequence that choice creates. -- Melody Beattie

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