Quotes About Outcome

I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.

You can't have it both ways. You can't be powerless and totally at fault. Which is it?" I thought about that. "It's neither." "Right," FM said. "Some things are under your control, and others aren't. You do the best you can with what you have to work with. And that is what sets you apart—what you do with it.

He'd had a year to think about what to say. And if he failed, he'd have an eternity to think about what he'd done wrong.

She didn't want them reaching any disappointing conclusions-such as "Ransoms are usually bigger than rewards.

I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can't have both. Not at the same time. Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.

The definition of vulnerability is uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure. But vulnerability is not weakness; it's our most accurate measure of courage. When the barrier is our belief about vulnerability, the question becomes: 'Are we willing to show up and be seen when we can't control the outcome?' When the barrier to vulnerability is about safety, the question becomes: 'Are we willing to create courageous spaces so we can be fully seen?

It takes a lot of courage to show up and be all in when we can't control the outcome. It also takes discipline and self-awareness to understand what to share and with whom. Vulnerability is not oversharing; it is sharing with the people who earn the right to hear our stories and our experiences. Vulnerability is not a weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage." -Brené Brown

Interestingly, research shows that in the short term, we tend to regret bad outcomes where we took action. However, when we reflect back over the long term, we more often regret the actions we didn't take—what we didn't do—and we think of those as missed opportunities.

Both disappointment and regret arise when an outcome was not what we wanted, counted on, or thought would happen. With disappointment, we often believe the outcome was out of our control (but we're learning more about how this is not always the case). With regret, we believe the outcome was caused by our decisions or actions.

The courage to be vulnerable is not about winning or losing, it's about the courage to show up when you can't predict or control the outcome

Both disappointment and regret arise when an outcome was not what we wanted, counted on, or thought would happen.

With disappointment, we often believe the outcome was out of our control (but we're learning more about how this is

With regret, we believe the outcome was caused by our decisions or actions.

Against insurmountable obstacles and without a clue as to the outcome, the trusting heart says, 'Abba, I surrender my will and my life to you without any reservation and with boundless confidence, for you are my loving Father.

Magnification often comes into our thinking when we become too attached to the outcome. While emphasizing the importance of a test or task might increase our effort, the extra pressure we put on ourselves typically downgrades our performance.

Une action faite par générosité pure se retourne toujours contre son auteur.

A gun will give you the body, not the bird

The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in the mind

I want to see what life makes of you. One thing is certain - it can't spoil you. It may pull you about horribly, but I defy it to break you up.

That's the least part of it—after it nothing will matter.

Everything is packed into a second which is either consummated or not consummated.

I believe everything you tell me, but I know that it will all turn out differently.

Y, por lo general, las cosas salían mal sólo cuando te preocupabas demasiado.

Estaba convencido de que, si las cosas me salían mal, a todo el mundo le salían mal. Y, por lo general, las cosas salían mal sólo cuando te preocupabas demasiado.