Quotes About Results

It's the twenty-first century; no one goes by Betsy anymore," Tom said. "But even if they did, there's usually context. If you're saying, 'Betsy has the results from the lab,' it's probably the human. If it's 'Betsy just got pissed off and burned down twenty thousand acres of jungle,' it's probably the kaiju.

Nice is nice," Hayter-Ross said. "But being a bitch gets results.

The great owners, striking at the immediate thing, the widening government, the growing labor unity; striking at new taxes, at plans; not knowing these things are results, not causes. Results, not causes; results, not causes.

The great owners, striking at the immediate thing, the widening government, the growing labor unity; striking at new taxes, at plans; not knowing these things are results, not causes.

The great owners, striking at the immediate thing ... not knowing these things are results, not causes.

If you who own the things people must have could understand this, you might preserve yourself. If you could separate causes from results, if you could know that Paine, Marx, Jefferson, Lenin,3 were results, not causes, you might survive. But that you cannot know. For the quality of owning freezes you forever into "I,'' and cuts you off forever from the "we.

Never mistake activity for achievement.

it is important to understand the purpose of criticism. Criticism is not meant to punish, but rather to correct something that is preventing better results. The only goal of criticism or discipline is improvement. You must keep that in mind and try to the best of your ability to use tact.

Don't mistake activity for achievement. To produce results, tasks must be well organized and properly executed; otherwise, it's no different from children running around the playground—everybody is doing something, but nothing is being done; lots of activity, no achievement.

DON'T MISTAKE ACTIVITY FOR ACHIEVEMENT

Never mistake mere activity for accomplishment

Results matter. They matter a great deal. But if this is an organization's singular purpose, then the people who sign on are often doing it for the wrong reasons.

Don't worry, boss," HARV said. "I get the feeling that this is only the tip of the iceberg of complications." "HARV, you're a machine. You don't get feelings." "Would it make you feel better if I said I've done a numerical analysis on the probabilities and the results are skewed toward you having more problems with this case?

Courage is making an unpopular decision and suffering through temporary discomfort because you know it will have the best long-term results.

We will be judged by what we finish, not by what we start.

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains two descriptions: could have and should have. Everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you once made. If you want different results, make different choices.

You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe, the inaction you've taken.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Whatever you hold in your mind will tend to occur in your life. If you continue to believe as you have always believed, you will continue to act as you have always acted. If you continue to act as you have always acted, you will continue to get what you have always gotten. If you want different results in your life or your work, all you have to do is change your mind.

Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count.

Never base your life decisions on advice from people who don't have to deal with the results of your decisions because sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us.

We reap what we sow. We cannot expect apples when we have sown the seed of a cactus.

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.

Don't be upset by the results you didn't get from the work you didn't do.