Quotes About Outcome

That's the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.

I've succeeded, I guess, but sometimes maybe to succeed is to fail

The hope of a very favourable outcome, which may balance the risk in the mind of the borrower, is not available to solace the lender.

On récolte ce que l'on sème. That

It didn't matter because it was out of my control, and my energy needed to go to things that I could control, or at least hope to affect the outcome of.

It was no other than he had expected, but he could play out the game.

Feeling like you're the protagonist of your own story doesn't guarantee you're going to make it to the final act of anybody else's.

One wanted children; had them, and brought them up: and then, in spite of all the calculations of time and care, they defeated one by producing a result which seemed, to say the least, almost mathematically incorrect.

in life, as in mutual funds, past performance is no guarantee of future results.

There was a deep pleasure in simply knowing what happened to everyone at the end.

It is in the sequel that God is vindicated.

Fallire un suicidio non è poi la cosa più tragica al mondo: non si può riuscire sempre in tutto.

Lo malo de estas cosas es que, hasta que el rabo no pasa, todo es toro.

en España nunca se dice lo que pasa, pero desgraciadamente siempre acaba pasando lo que se dice.

Unas veces se pierde y otras se deja de ganar.

Toda decisión tomada durante un estado de tensión es más importante y más prolífica en resultados que la misma decisión tomada en un estado de equilibrio.

Sitting there, watching the shades of evening settle slowly on the drab little town, it seemed to me that nothing but blind blundering vengeance, howsoever camouflaged, awaits all those who dare to step out of its stifling confines. It is a confrontation whose outcome is as certain as the end of solitary boats beating against a maelstrom.

The deepest human defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.

Results are what you expect, and consequences are what you get.

In contrast, you can't achieve an aspiration or outcome at any given moment. You cannot suddenly get better sleep. You cannot lose twelve pounds at dinner tonight. You can only achieve aspirations and outcomes over time if you execute the right specific behaviors.

In contrast, you can't achieve an aspiration or outcome at any given moment.

People use the word "goal" when they are talking about aspirations or outcomes. If someone says "goal," you can't be sure what they are talking about since the word is ambiguous. For that reason, "goal" is not part of the vocabulary in Behavior Design. Use either "aspiration" or "outcome" for precision.

Let's say someone offers you a million dollars if you can immediately reduce your blood glucose to normal levels. A million dollars is pretty darn motivating, right? But can you reach this outcome immediately? Probably not. Motivation alone doesn't get you there.

one can't escape the consequence of an action do whatever one may.]