Quotes About Outcome

I'm not throwing a no-hitter Opening Day. It's just not going to happen.

If every punch thrown was a knockout, then fantastic, but most punches don't end up in knockouts and most submissions don't end up being the one to finish the match.

A self-fulfilling prophecy is an assumption or prediction that, purely as a result of having been made, cause the expected or predicted event to occur and thus confirms its own 'accuracy.'

There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.

One of the best forcers was probably Tiger in his prime. He could force an outcome if he needed it.

Don't Judge People by Their Outfit...Judge by Outcome...

If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else.

You just never know when movies are going to take off or not. The lucky thing about this was that it didn't cost a lot of money, and therefore there wasn't loads of pressure on me.

The interview is never just a formality. It can absolutely make or break your chances of acceptance.

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.

As the ancientsSay wisely, have a care o' th' main chance,And look before you ere you leap;For as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Happiness and misery consist in a progression towards better or worse; it does not matter how high up or low down you are, it depends not on this, but on the direction in which you are tending.

It is a foolish thing well done.

You must surrender your attachment to the outcome in order to make your greatest dreams come true. You must release your urgency and your need for control. Then your attitude of Trust will actually accelerate the Universal Laws, helping the process along.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself.

be careful what you wish for. Because you might get exactly what you want.

You can't go around blaming bad luck on someone else. everything that has happened to you is because you make it happen, okay?

If this kept up much longer, I was going to happen to someone.

If you choose the right people for the group, it goes a little bit differently. At the same time, you can't always predict what's going to happen. Success might change people.

In such seconds of decision entire futures are made.

When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens.

What is being said is the effect of something that has happened; at the same time, what is being said is in itself something happening, which will, in turn, leave its effect.

The sweetest two words are 'next time.' The sourest word is 'if.'

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.