Aesop Quotes

You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit. It is but common prudence to see the way out before we venture in.

Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken.

We must ensure that decisions we make today do not come back to haunt us tomorrow.

Let every man look before he leaps.

To refuse has so many more consequences than submitting.

Before I make an action, think about the consequences. ... Any decision I make is a heavy decision.

In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it

Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.

Fully consider the future and the immediate results of all undertakings, and the good and bad sides of all past actions.

We should not get ourselves committed until we know how everything will come out.

The statesman must weigh the rewards of success against the penalties of failure. And he is permitted only one guess.

Is that wise, darling? Remember you have to reign all afternoon

What is permitted is not always wise.

An important quality for a President of the United States is to make decisions and live with the consequences of them

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well

While we cannot predict the future, we will most surely live it. Every action and decision we take - or don't - ripples into the future. For the first time, we have the capability, the technology, and the knowledge to direct those ripples.

Don't avoid doing something wondering what its consequences may be. Give it a thought, break it down, and consider what really may happen rather than not do it at all.

People are decisions and actions.

Every decision you make has a consequence.

Precision, directness, and quickness are what human beings are good at. What we have never been good at - in our past, at least - is figuring out the impact, the consequences, of what our skills have allowed us to do.

We all make decisions, and within those decisions, we have consequences.

To make a good decision, you actually need to think about it, the contours and the consequences.

Time and again, players lose because they make rash decisions. Therefore, you always have to remind yourself - don't hurry. Embarking on a risky combination that cannot be calculated to the end is certainly not the right thing to do.

Never name the well from which you will not drink.