If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.
John Green
Related If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. JOHN GREEN There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things left undone that day. Th... JOHN GREEN We had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth. There were so many of us who would have to live with ... JOHN GREEN ... that I forgave him, and that she forgave us, and that we have to forgive to survive in the labyr... JOHN GREEN But we can't know better until knowing better is useless. JOHN GREEN He was gone, and I did not have time to tell him what I had just now realized: that I forgave him, a... JOHN GREEN The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions. ROBIN S. SHARMA This is the worst thing ever. If we would have lost and known they were a better team we could handl... HAZAEL REYNOSA If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL If we win, I don't see how Ireland could better our points difference. BERNARD LAPORTE Our every action has consequences. Thoughts have consequences. Since actions start from thoughts I g... DIANA ROSE MORCILLA Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or deba... CATHY BETTER When we’re young, we think we are the only species worth knowing. But the more I come to know peop... LOUISE ERDRICH It would be so much better if we could share our insecurity, if we could all venture inside ourselve... MURIEL BARBERY 'Looking For Alaska' by John Green is a very great book. I feel like every teenage girl says... ALESSIA CARA While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. STEPHEN COVEY While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. STEPHEN R. COVEY He did that at our apartment. John, you know better! ADAM BRUHNKE I felt we could do it. I didn't know if we would. This was one of our better-played games. GREGG HOSTETLER At the simplest level, economics can better show us the consequences of our actions. Less simple are... EDMUND PHELPS For each of our actions there are only consequences. JAMES LOVELOCK You've seen one of the our gigs you've seen 'em all. But if you're into the music, you'll know that ... LIAM GALLAGHER It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing. TOM STOPPARD It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. SENECA It is better, of cours, to know useless things than to know nothing. SENECA It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. SENECA The secondary played better in many phases. We are in a situation that we are switching things up to... JOE TILLER If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on the minus side of things, w... GALEN ROWELL Our hope is that those who support the animal liberation cause will see that criminal actions bring ... JOHN YOUNG The consequences of our actions take hold of us quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we h... NIETZSCHE The consequences of our actions take hold of us, quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we ha... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE We're at the beginning. But we know we need to do a better job of talking about our values in a way ... KAREN FINNEY Actions as a result of hatred give us a temporary satisfaction. But,It is better if we can be patien... NISHI DE SILVA If the people who make the decisions are the people who will also bear the consequences of those dec... JOHN ABRAMS We heard now and again the result from the Italy game but I didn't hear about the final result until... LARS LAGERBACK Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better worl... DENIS WILLIAM BROGAN We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL From an operating point of view, the result was slightly better than what we expected. JAY KIM The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing an... RANDY K. MILHOLLAND Until now, unless Mrs Rice has better information than the commission, there is no way to know the t... CARINA PERELLI Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK We believe that are some unintended consequences of the ruling and we think there are better ways to... CHARLIE SCHROCK It's just the opposite this year from the ranking and record standpoint, so from that perspective I ... JACK KEEFER I have got to do a better job of picking our non-conference games. You could just see right from the... LYLE WILKS I feel much better today than I was feeling in the last couple of days. It is nice knowing we are in... BRAD GUSHUE Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We just wait until the investigation result is announced. What we know so far is only that this was ... JUSUF KALLA We have a string of five straight nationals appearances and we want to continue that. All seven runn... DAVE UHRICH I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the in... THURGOOD MARSHALL Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today'... RITA HAYWORTH We're a different entity coming in from the outside, and we have to put our resources where our moth... MEG CASPER Don't just look; see! There is always an opportunity to make something better! There is always a bet... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH As I thought about that, I had to wonder: What will we know better about tomorrow? ELLEN HOPKINS We are the masters of our own destinies we shape and mould our lives into to the circumstances surro... GARY F EVANS... This match is our worst. It wasn't until we dropped the second goal in the net that we started playi... DARRELL HARRIS My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the pl... H. FRED ALE Do we always know what consequences flow from certain decisions? Many times, not. Part of living con... NEAL A. MAXWELL Knowing your ignorance is far better than knowing what you know! Understanding the path and will of ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We can only become a better person if we have the inclination and the resolve, only if we accept tha... BALROOP SINGH We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA When we first heard about it from one of our peers, of course we were skeptical. But not only was it... JOSH SCOTT If you look at it from the point of getting better, we achieved that goal. But we fell short of the ... BRIAN REINKE Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today&... RITA HAYWORTH I don't know if you can duplicate the record that we had last year, but I think we're already a bett... MIKE THIBAULT . . .the world is not a place but the vastness of the soul. And the soul is nothing more than love, ... AMY TAN I don't know if it's for the better, but I do know people aren't static. We all change from day to d... V.C. ANDREWS It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our respon... JOSIAH STAMP You've seen one of the our gigs you've seen 'em all. But if you're into the music, y... LIAM GALLAGHER Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know th... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better. BOBBY BOWDEN This was a world-class field. We came away from the race knowing that we have a car that is capable ... MICHAEL COLUCCI Sometimes we assume that the new person in our life is better for us because they are totally differ... KRISTEN CROCKETT If we could deliver the current transport plan that would be great -- we didn't deliver the last one... DENIS CASEY If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether... CARL JUNG I could see a broader mobilization where people start saying, 'No, you can't take my tissues. All I ... KATHY HUDSON That's nice to see. Really, we wrestled pretty well. There are a couple places where we could have d... HENRY WILK This wasn't the best that we have played. We have played better than this, but it was a good result. CARLOS GIRON We make choices. No one else can live our lives for us. And we must confront and accept the conseque... NEIL GAIMAN Stocks have been losing steam as a result of higher rates and higher energy prices. We could see a c... CARL BIRKELBACH Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it i... CARL GUSTAV JUNG Our goal is to play better than their defense, ... That's most important. And that's every game. We ... ANTWAN PEEK Yesterday afternoon he was opening both eyes and blinking, not focusing on anyone, but we could see ... BRENT NELSON To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN Every choice in life sets us on a different path and carries its own set of “what ifs” and conse... A.J. DARKHOLME We knew we could be better if we worked harder. KATHY BOWMAN We didn't see our guys quit, which is a good sign, but we have to take advantage of opportunities be... DAVE INSERRA We now know that we cannot continue to put ever-increasing amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Actio... CARY FOWLER We could see a small increase as a result of that. ALAN KING The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters. JOSE MOURINHO You cant do better, be better or have better than you believe you can. DANIEL GILMAN We've had a lot of earnings that have been in line or better, and the Street's been yawning. If the ... TOM SCHRADER We've had a lot of earnings that have been in line or better, and the Street's been yawning, ... If ... TOM SCHRADER If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to ... ABRAHAM LINCOLN If we cannot see things better, we will never make things better. Optimism fueled by passion is alwa... BRANDON A. TREAN Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatien... NEAL A. MAXWELL Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatien... NEAL A. MAXWELL It wasn't the best offensive game we could have had. Everybody wants to do better than that, but we ... RHETT BOMAR The real power of books is their deep companionability. We learn from them as we learn from the deep... JANE RULE
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