Quotes about Outcome
At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.
— Thomas a Kempis
When events turn out so much better for a man than he has had reason to dread, is it not a proof that his conduct has been less foolish and blameworthy than it might otherwise have appeared? When we are treated well, we naturally begin to think that we are not altogether unmeritorious, and that it is only just we should treat ourselves well, and not mar our own good fortune .
— George Eliot
Ninety percent of the time things turn out worse than you thought they would. The other ten percent of the time you had no right to expect that much.
— St. Augustine
Anxiety seems to be an intense desire for something, accompanied by a fear of the consequences of not receiving it.
— John Piper
A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.
— Mark Twain
Yet if there really were a complete unified theory, it would also presumably determine our actions—so the theory itself would determine the outcome of our search for it! And why should it determine that we come to the right conclusions from the evidence? Might it not equally well determine that we draw the wrong conclusion? Or no conclusion at all?
— Stephen Hawking
Yet if there really were a complete unified theory, it would also presumably determine our actions—so the theory itself would determine the outcome of our search for it! And why should it determine that we come to the right conclusions from the evidence? Might it not equally well determine that we draw the wrong conclusion? Or no conclusion at all?
— Stephen Hawking
There is a history of the universe in which England win the World Cup again, though maybe the probability is low.
— Stephen Hawking
We are used to thinking of intelligent life as an inevitable consequence of evolution, but what if it isn't? The Anthropic Principle should warn us to be wary of such arguments. It is more likely that evolution is a random process, with intelligence as only one of a large number of possible outcomes.
— Stephen Hawking
When leaders become focused on the fruit instead of the root and worry about the outcome instead of the process of developing team members, they may survive in the short run, but they will not thrive in the long run.
— Jon Gordon
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— Jon Gordon
Every crisis offers an opportunity to grow stronger and wiser; to reach deep within and discover a better you that will create a better outcome. So while this is your crisis, what matters most is what you do with it.
— Jon Gordon