Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal Quotes

We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.

A tiny change today brings us to a dramatically different tomorrow. There are grand rewards for those who pick the high hard roads, but those rewards are hidden by years. Every choice is made in the uncaring blind, no guarantees from the world around us.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

Politicians don't like to face unpleasant realities. In truth, nobody does, but as individuals, we have no choice; if we neglect to plan ahead, we are held accountable. Fail to meet your responsibilities at work, and you get fired. Ignore your car's gas gauge, and you get stranded.

Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets.

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.

Sometimes you’ve got to think about how it will look later

Only those who must bear the consequences of a decision have the right to make it.

In history, good intentions do not always make good consequences

Do nothing without regard to the consequences.

It is better to take time to consider before than to find time to repent after.

Sometimes people fail to see that individual decisions have universal consequences.

We have to make the right decisions.

The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the whirlwind

There are two paths people can take. They can either play now and pay later, or pay now and play later. Regardless of the choice, one thing is certain. Life will demand a payment.

There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take.

We can now destroy or we can cherish-the choice is ours.

I don't know whether the bird you are holding is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your hands. It is in your hands.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

A leader is someone whose actions have the most profound consequences on other people's lives, for better or worse, sometime forever and ever.

But here's the ugly truth: nature doesn't care about democracy, or who's right, or what's fair. And because of the slow-change aspect of climate, we can't wait until the worst effects are upon us to make a decision -- by then, it would be far, far too late. The scenario we may be faced with is one where doing something for the wrong reasons, run by the wrong people, may still save more lives than holding out for a more appealing option.

Look at a child and realize that their future is in your hands. It's not just those who will be here fifty years from now. The decisions we make in the next ten years will shape the next 10,000 years.

Your life~the way it looks today is a result of your choices...What will you choose today for your tomorrows?