Quotes About Outcome

There's no such thing as 'seeing what happens' in this life. To do something just to see what happens is exactly the same as just plain doing it.

It may require courage to say what they said, but were they really able to take responsibility for the consequences?

The future is determined by what we do now and the window of opportunity is closing fast.

People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

The ends justify the means.

The cause is hidden, but the result is well known.

The result justifies the deed.

They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.

L'avenir est notre affaire

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature.

Sometimes the only action you can take leads to more trouble. (Honey)

Too early to tell," Gary said. "It doesn't look good, but saying 'it's over' before it actually is will make certain the outcome.

She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh.

When you get what you wish for, it's never quite what you think it will be.

If and When were planted, and Nothing grew." —Proverb

There is the status quo, the event that kicks things off, the set of consequences for changing the status quo, the climax or resolution, and then what happens after the fact.

Knowing the future is part of that future's past. Perhaps the foreseen happens because we try to change it.

A story never ends at the end. There is always after.

You get things done. Not always the best way, or the most sensible way, but it gets done nonetheless.

I could have," Kvothe said seriously, "and I didn't. I made my choice and I regret it to this day. Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.

I do not hope that this will be the one, for hoping is a foolish game.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and, whatever you hit, call it the target.