Quotes About Outcome

Fools blow air out of their mouths as often as their bums, and either way it causes a stink and comes to nothing.

strong actors have a lower interest in a fight's outcome because their survival is not at stake, whereas weak actors have a high interest in a fight's outcome because their survival is at stake. A strong actor's low interests imply high political vulnerability, and a weak actor's high interests imply low political vulnerability.

Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.

I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after all?

Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.

if we choose the wrong road, we choose the wrong destination.

You understand, he says, people don't always take what you give to them. Not every chance is an opportunity. Sometimes a chance is just a waste of time.

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's how the smart money bets.

Every bad thing that happens in the world is good for somebody.

The uncertainty and lack of clarity about the potential outcome is the root of the problem. I provide clarity by asking a simple question, "Out of all these tasks you do every day, how many of these tasks are moving you toward the outcome you want?

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.

Statistically, people recover or die at the same rate with or without attempted faith healing.

If you learn to trust and rely on God completely—even when things look hopeless—He will amaze you every time. The outcome may not be the outcome you pictured or how you would have done it yourself, but in the end it will work out better than you could have hoped for.

If you fight the right battle, in the right way, the outcome can change not only your life, but also the lives of others.

The purpose of a pitch isn't necessarily to move others immediately to adopt your idea. The purpose is to offer something so compelling that it begins a conversation, brings the other person in as a participant, and eventually arrives at an outcome that appeals to both of you.

The lesson here is critical: The purpose of a pitch isn't necessarily to move others immediately to adopt your idea. The purpose is to offer something so compelling that it begins a conversation, brings the other person in as a participant, and eventually arrives at an outcome that appeals to both of you.

second reason: Most other enterprises are positive-sum. If I sell you something you want and enjoy, we're both better off. Law, by contrast, is often (though not always) a zero-sum game: Because somebody wins, somebody else must lose.

The purpose of a pitch isn't necessarily to move others immediately to adopt your idea. The purpose is to offer something so compelling that it begins a conversation, brings the other person in as a participant, and eventually arrives at an outcome that appeals to both of you. In a world where buyers have ample information and an array of choices, the pitch is often the first word, but it's rarely the last.

In a disaster . . . individual personality does not matter. Almost everything you do is going to make it worse. —MICHAEL CRICHTON

Be careful what you wish for you just might get it.

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.