Consequence Management Quotes

We make choices. No one else can live our lives for us. And we must confront and accept the consequences of our actions.

If heads don’t roll, nobody makes any changes

I think it's very important, and I think that what young people will learn from my experience is that even presidents have to do that and there are consequences when you don't. But I also think that there will be a box score, and there will be that one negative, and then there will be the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times when the record will show that I did not abuse my authority as president, that I was truthful with the American people.

Every action has a consequence, so always try to be good.

Politics, as a profession, is not about making the right political decision. It's about making the right decision and then managing the political consequences.

Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team is likely at some point to be chastened by either the setbacks brought on by his own mistakes or by seeing his successes followed by negative consequences that he never anticipated.

It's time for these people to have accountability for what is being done.

The art of politics is to separate actions from consequences

It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.

None seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing but from the abuse of a very good thing

If we define risk as 'the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,' inaction is the greatest risk of all.

Lack of accountability in any decision making structure is not tolerable.

Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.

The consequences of a misstep in a well, while large to the immediate people that live around that well, in the great scheme of things are pretty small, and even to the immediate people around the well, they could be mitigated.

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

Governments and local administrative bodies decide to inform the public of their mistakes only when losses have become disproportionately great.

I can't worry about the consequences of what I do; that's not my job.

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences

I think about more than I forget, but I don't go around fire expecting not to sweat.

You've got to take responsibility for your actions.

You are the one who must decide whose thoughts you will entertain. You are free to choose-but you are not free to alter the consequences of those choices. You will be what you think about what you consistently allow to occupy the stage of your mind.

When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious.

If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the consequences.

If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelette.

People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is.