Quotes About Outcome

A veces una mujer encuentra los restos de un barco hecho pedazos y decide hacer con ellos un hombre sano. En ocasiones lo consigue. Otras veces una mujer encuentra un hombre sano y decide hacerlo pedazos. Siempre lo consigue.

Going to war is like going to law - the only certain outcome is the cost

I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result. I think it's kinda the process and I think that if you can find happiness in the process then maybe that's it.

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not

We often regret we did not do otherwise, when that very otherwise would, in all probability, have done for us.

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.

The change was made in me; the thing was done. Well or ill done, excusably or inexcusably, it was done.

Dear reader! It rests with you and me whether, in our two fields of action, similar things shall be or not. Let them be! We shall sit with lighter bosoms on the hearth, to see the ashes of our fires turn grey and cold.

Obey God and leave the consequences to Him. No matter what He tells you to do, do it and trust Him for the outcome.

The size of the experiment should have been limited in proportion to the risk-adjusted potential of the opportunity.

You can't hit a home run every time.

All promise outruns the performance.

Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.

It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins.

We sow the seed of deadly nightshade and wish it to bear lilies and roses!

You fuss too much over making the "right" choice Gaius. All we need do is make a good choice, see it through, and accept the consequences.

if people begin by thinking rationally, the danger is that they may end by acting rationally also.

What would Tullia have done?

Somebody's got to win this war, right?

A single bad decision can open a world of lamentable consequences.

Together, we create the healing or the suffering, the peace or the war.

different intentions produced different effects

Can we stay faithful and persistent in our fidelity even when things seem not to succeed? I suppose Jesus could have chosen a strategy that worked better (evidence-based outcomes) — that didn't end in the Cross — but he couldn't find a strategy more soaked with fidelity that the one he embraced

A project is the work performed by an organization one time to produce a unique outcome. By one time, we mean the work has a definite beginning and a definite end, and by unique, we mean the work result is different in one or more ways from anything the organization has produced before.