Quotes About Outcome

Anticlimax is, of course, the warp and way of things. Real life seldom structures a decent denouement.

You get what you ask for in this life. If you ask for nothing, you get nothing.

Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.

The end is important in all things.

They know they're supposed to do something, but they're not sure what. And you know what they do when they're not sure-- of course you do: They either do the wrong thing or they do nothing, and it's a toss up as to which is worse.

Sales is an outcome, not a goal. It's a function of doing numerous things right, starting from the moment you target a potential prospect until you finalize the deal.

That worked great! Thank you so much. What next?" "I don't know. I didn't expect you to live through it." "Oh.

Stop Trying to Control the Outcome Focus on Your Behavior and Actions Instead

What you can control is behavior and activity, what you cannot control is the result of this behavior and activity.

Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.

It all ends in one of two ways: either someone gets eaten or something blows up.

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice.

Personalizing successes sets people up for disastrous failure. They begin to treat the success as a personal reflection rather than the result of capitalizing on a good opportunity, being at the right place at the right time, or even being just plain lucky.

On the other hand, a discrete event (e.g., a football game, roulette, blackjack, or other casino game) has a defined ending point, which is characteristic of external losses.

In a continuous process, the participant gets to continuously make and remake decisions that can affect how much money he makes or loses. On the other hand, a discrete event (e.g., a football game, roulette, blackjack, or other casino game) has a defined ending point, which is characteristic of external losses.

We should be careful as to the choices we make. We need to be certain that we are prepared to accept the consequences of those choices.

If it didn`t happen, its because it wasn`t meant to.

They want me to do something, and I'll do it, or I won't do it, and it'll work or not, and I'll survive or not.

Perhaps the hardest lesson to learn is not to be attached to the results of your actions.

Nobody can be held responsible for the pranks of destiny.

Women hoped harder than men, he thought, sometimes hard enough to change the outcome of things.

Sometimes you plant an acorn, and you plant it in good faith and instead of finding yourself with an admirable sturdy single oak tree, you're landed with a terrible mad forest that won't stop growing in all directions and develops an uncontrollable life of its own.

Hoping for a thing often seems the best way o' bringing on the opposite

I do not know what will be the end of it.