Quotes About Results

Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.

We will receive the fruits of any act we have done, whether wholesome or unwholesome.

There is no reason why mindfulness should be different from focusing all one's attention on one's work, to be alert and to be using one's best judgment. During the moment one is consulting, resolving, and dealing with whatever arises, a calm heart and self-control are necessary if one is to obtain good results. Anyone can see that. If we are not in control of ourselves but instead let our impatience or anger interfere, then our work is no longer of any value.

My investigative journalism is great; I know I get results.

Let's judge a man on what he's done.

In city government, it's about getting things done, not being judged on a scorecard of whether you said yes or no on a certain thing.

If you start spending big money, what you're ultimately judged on is how your buys perform.

You get judged on your results.

In Italy managers are judged simply by results.

No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.

When companies are successful or not successful, they almost immediately jump to the wrong conclusions about how they got there or why they got there.

I've had good results on clay during my junior years and I enjoy playing on clay to the opposite of what many media can say.

I'm not just looking for hits.

We don't want to keep talking about 'potential.' That word is the most dangerous word in professional sports.

People are knocking on my door, saying they deserve a chance and when you do, do your talking out there. Actions speak louder than words.

I'm driven to get to goals as fast as possible. It frustrates people in my lab who have something they think is cool, but if it doesn't move us forward, I don't want to do it.

Labels are irrelevant. It's the results.

You can train like a Royal Marine every day of your life, but if your diet isn't right, you won't ever see the fruits of your labour.

would announce that NeXT was bringing the world a breakthrough. But the customers didn't follow and NeXT wasn't close to making a profit, which companies must do to thrive and grow. At a board meeting in spring 1991, company officials delivered more bad news about poor results. Investor Ross Perot interrupted the presentation with a blunt assessment: "So what you're telling me is the cockpit's on fire and the plane's in a tailspin.

They're called shortcuts for a reason. The shorter they are, the more they usually cut. Nothing is without price.

I want results and I know how to get them. He's always telling me to ask. Tonight I'm asking.

Indeed, there are times the most desirable, correct, necessary action results in catastrophic consequences. We're facing them now.

In practice, all ideas need to be viewed as merely hypotheses; testing and evaluation of the test results must precede across-the-board adoption.

We find a direct link between results and the degree to which the executive sponsor remains visibly engaged.