Quotes About Outcome

We believe that we can change the things around us in accordance with our desires—we believe it because otherwise we can see no favourable outcome. We do not think of the outcome which generally comes to pass and is also favourable: we do not succeed in changing things in accordance with our desires, but gradually our desires change.

but the steps of thought we take during the lonely work of artistic creation all lead us downward, deeper into ourselves, the only direction that is not closed to us, the only direction in which we can advance, albeit with much greater travail, toward an outcome of truth. Moreover, friendship is not just devoid of virtue, as conversation is, it is actively pernicious.

Let's hope that when we are dead things will be better arranged.

I think illness is a family journey, no matter what the outcome. Everybody has to be allowed to process it and mourn and deal with it in their own way.

All our efforts must be directed towards an end, or we will act in vain. If it is not the right end, we will fail utterly.

It's like tossing a dart," he'd said. "There's nothing amazing about it. You throw and it sticks somewhere. But if you try and backtrack every factor that led there, the force of the throw and the angle and the air resistance, all of it had to be perfect, just exactly right, for it to end up where it did.

Cui bono? [To whose advantage?]

Joy means holding on to hope in God regardless of the outcome. Declaring we will give up everything and entrust ourselves more fully and wholly to the One who holds all things together.

If you believe it, it happens. If you don't, it doesn't. When you believe him, you put your own power in his hands.

there is nothing to be feared except a result of our own actions

If you are inefficient, you have a right to be afraid of the consequences.

Don't count your check-ins before they cash.

Equality of opportunity is freedom, but equality of outcome is repression.

Ultimately, there is the freedom to take the consequences.

Any outcome, any deal that doesn't preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet for consumers and entrepreneurs will be unacceptable.

Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it.

If the wrong man uses the right means, the right means work in the wrong way.

When you are confident enough to make a decision, you have to be courageous enough to see it through and comfortable with the outcome.

Motivation is knowing you are learning, growing, and succeeding toward your desired outcome while sustaining positive momentum.

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions

Dr. Neal Roese makes a fascinating distinction between two types of regret: regrets of action and regrets of inaction.

I threw in the obligatory "if it be Your will" at the end. That tagline may sound spiritual, but it was less a submission to God's will and more a profession of doubt. If you aren't careful, the will of God can become a cop-out if things don't turn out the way you want.

He did not understand, he admitted to himself, how these elections worked. They seemed such a waste of effort to attain a dubious outcome. Better to know what is best for the people and give it to them by force, if necessary, until they are re-educated about their duties to the State.

The hard, cold reality of trading is that every trade has an uncertain outcome.