Quotes About Outcome

Aquello que no ha sido elegido por nosotros no podemos considerarlo ni como un mérito ni como un fracaso.

He felt responsible for his destiny, but his destiny did not feel responsible for him.

What we have not chosen we cannot consider either our merit or our failure.

A society that puts equality — in the sense of equality of outcome — ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

I love how you can shoot a movie in a month or two or three of four, and it's this encapsulated story that you box up and ship out into the world, and what it is, is what it is.

Things doesn't always start out the way we want them to. It's how they end that's important.

Was the anticipation worse than the event itself? At

If you're going to take a huge risk, and you want to stay out of trouble, it really helps if your plan actually works.

Remember from Chapter 7 that in the Many Worlds framework, every potential outcome embodied in a quantum wavefunction—a particle's spinning this way or that, another particle's being here or there—is realized in its own separate, parallel universe. The universe we're aware of at any given moment is but one of an infinite number in which every possible evolution allowed by quantum physics is separately realized.

Come back with a healthy monkey, or don't come back at all.

You'll always get out of life what you put in-and you control what you put in.

Whenever you are faced with a risky situation, ask yourself this question, What is the worst possible thing that could happen if I go ahead?

If there is an effect in your life that you want more of, you merely need to trace it back to the causes and repeat the causes. If there is an effect in your life that you do not enjoy, you need to trace it back to the causes and get rid of them.

Alec Mackenzie wrote, "Taking action without thinking things through is a prime source of problems.

The mark of the superior thinker is his or her ability to accurately predict the consequences of doing or not doing something.

what successful people do. In either case, nature is neutral. Nature does not take sides. Nature doesn't care. What happens to you is simply a matter of law—the law of cause and effect.

Recuerda, solo el resultado pasado es el verdadero indicador del resultado futuro.

Never talk about the content. Talk about the outcome.

Winning the Loser's Game

Às vezes, as coisas aconteciam a despeito dos seus melhores esforços. E não havia muito a fazer.

Karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch.

You were guaranteed so little in this life, and so sometimes you took what was offered even though you knew it might end badly.

She was talking about herself and Sebec. She was explaining to him how hard it could be to accept the way things sometimes worked out.