Quotes About Outcome

One makes their own luck, good or ill... and there are no guesses, merely faulty concentration.

Shake and shake the catsup bottle. None will come, and then a lot'll.

There's always some aftermath, good and bad, makes-me-happy or makes-me-unhappy, for anything we choose to do.

But a tedious way to a grievous end(745);

Some you win and some you lose. Be glad when you win. Don't have regrets when you lose.

We are not responsible for the outcome, but only for our faithful, loving witness.

But social class is only one of an unlimited number of potential confounds present in MRA studies. Almost anything that's correlated with both the predictor variable and the outcome variable in such studies becomes a candidate for explaining the correlation between the two.

It's been my experience that worse-case scenarios are very rare indeed. Rare to the extend that you can almost count on them not happening.

All my worries had been for nothing. That's usually how it is with worrying. More often than not, we get ourselves all in a sweat over something that might happen, then everything turns out just fine.

And she can hear, louder than the quaking leaves, which side will lose by winning.

He does not know the outcome ahead of time, or his confidence would be in himself and God to pull it off, which would then largely be a matter of the willpower of belief. Faith is so much more than strong willpower

The taller they are, the longer they fall.

Don't go jumping off any rooftops. Don't run into the highway or set yourself on fire. It doesn't work that way. You won't end up where I ended up.

Every action, reader, no matter how small, has a consequence.

He allowed his brother to lead him to his fate.

Sometimes, when you wished too hard for something, you paid a bitter price.

Why is it that you and I suppose that if we want something, it must come to pass?" Charles's lips quirked up into a smile so colored by grief that it felt almost as if other people had been brought by that tiny expression into the hushed solitude of the chamber. "There's an old saying: 'be careful what you wish for; you might get it.

Antes de que ocurra nunca sabes cómo va a ser una cosa realmente.

Burning a bridge, as any tactician will tell you, sometimes saves more than it costs.

Within psychiatric circles, if you kill yourself, you earn the right to be considered a "successful" suicide. This is a success one can live without.

What is the point in worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one's life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy. And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that is in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment.

there are risks you'll take for yourself because you know that if your plan goes wrong, it'll be too late for regrets. but if you risk the lives of others and fail, you'll have a lifetime to regret it.

Ofrecer resistencia hubiera causado un derramamiento de sangre innecesario, y el resultado final no habría variado.

Every power draws its ultimate consequences at every moment.