Book Brew 117: Quote Vault Part XI

In this Quote Vault post, we’ll look at some thought-provoking quotes about choices.

Choices and Consequences

Every choice we make, no matter how small, has a ripple effect (a butterfly effect, even). These quotes emphasize the importance of intentionality in our actions and the profound impact of even the tiniest decisions.

• “Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things….I am tempted to think…there are no little things.”
  • Bruce Barton
    • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, pg 287
• “He who wants to keep a garden tidy doesn’t reserve a plot for weeds.”
  • Dag Hammarskjold
    • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, pg 305
• “It is impossible to win a contest with a helpless opponent.  Because if you won, you won nothing.  Each blow you strike is unreturned.  So all you can feel is guilt for having struck.  While at the same time having the suspicion that the helplessness is calculated.”  
  • 33 Strategies of War
• “Someone once told me the definition of Hell: The last day you have on earth, the person you become will meet the person you could have become.”
  • Who Not How, pg 24
• “You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find out you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays.”
  • Meredith Wilson
    • Who Not How, pg 43

Ponder This

1. What small decisions have you made recently that could have a greater impact than you realized?
2. How might reframing a past mistake as a learning experience change your perspective?
   1. Read more on the concept of Reframing in Book Brew 23, Book Brew 108, and Book Brew 110.

Books

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
• 33 Strategies of War - Robert Greene
• Who Not How - Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy