Outcomes Quotes

“An ending was an ending. No matter how many pages of sentences and paragraphs of great stories led up to it, it would always have the last word.”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

“If life has got to be a play, let's play it well. As the avoidance of problems and the maintenance of inner peace may guide us smartly through open and unswerving confrontations, let's face up to conflicts playfully, as well. Playfulness allows us to see things from different angles and may sometimes save us from harmful outcomes. ("The band was still playing")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“You are only responsible for the effort, not the outcome.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“In my imagination, this life has been a path with many, many forks, each one a choice to be made. Each unchosen route fading from view as it became the past, its destination unknowable. No destination is really known until you arrive, and then it becomes merely a point along the way - a vague place rarely planned for, simply the start of another adventure. The only thing to do is be happy with the outcome, whatever it is. The path leads to the end, as all paths do. I've had some rocky paths and dead ends, and decisions that led to disaster, and others that led to love and passion and poetry, to excitement and adventure. All I can do is embrace them all and move on. People sometimes get frozen and unable to decide which path to take; others instantly regret their choices, because their dreamlike fantasies about the unchosen path were far brighter in their minds than the reality and effort of their chosen one. What could have been has never been, and never will be. This is the Tree of Life where each branch grows and bears fruit and, ultimately, ends in a bud. There are no rules, and nothing planned by humans is ever planned that way again. The way is vague and unknowable.”
― Marc Hamer, Seed to Dust: A Gardener's Story

“Choices which are made based upon guesswork or assumptions are likely to cause inconvenience or unexpected outcomes at some stage.”
― Steven Redhead, Life Is A Circus

“Not everybody interprets great thoughts, but everybody interprets great actions.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Outcomes are not my responsibility. I am only tasked with doing the best I can when I can.”
― Todd Stocker

“As the saying goes, “you are what you eat.” However, I think that it’s a bit more accurate to say that you are what you ‘decide’ to eat. Therefore, if you’re not pleased with what you see in the mirror of your life, you may wish to review the menu that’s on the table of your heart.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If the truth hurt you, it was because it is helping you avoid the greater pain of the lie that you’re about to tell.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“God is not waiting for us to be obedient as much as He’s waiting for us to get tired of the consequences of not being obedient.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Uncontrolled circumstances can create unexpected or unwanted outcomes that are driven totally by chance rather than specific choices to bring about exactly what is personally required.”
― Steven Redhead, Life Is A Circus

“Allowing fate to dictate how life progresses is a major mistake, as there will never be a really sure direction or outcome, with literally no ideas at all of how things will work out.”
― Steven Redhead, Life Is A Circus

“We work hard to believe that our actions really don’t affect others all that much because we want the license to act without thinking all that much.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I will be the recipient of all of the consequences of believing that there are none.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“L-Carnitine L-Tartrate is linked to improved outcomes in COVID-19 infections.”
― Steven Magee, Pandemic Supplements

“Higher magnesium levels are associated with better COVID-19 outcomes.”
― Steven Magee, COVID Supplements

“Consequences are not punishments; they are the natural outcomes of our actions, revealing the paths we have chosen, either wise or foolish”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“The fool will look you directly in the face, point a ridiculing finger squarely at your chest, and confidently inform you that there is no consequence for whatever choice they’re about to make. However, the real consequences don’t occur when the fool is standing amidst the very consequences that they claimed not to exist. Rather, the real consequences occur when they are standing amidst the consequences, all the while absolutely befuddled as to why they’re on fire.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Truth will have you cornered long before the lie comes out of your mouth, regardless of how big the room might be.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Why do we tend to dread tomorrow? Because we weren’t all that wise in living out the ‘today’ that put that ‘tomorrow’ out into tomorrow.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“To the fool, a consequence is a mishap born of misfortune. As such, the fool frequently runs into the consequences that he never identifies and therefore always intensifies.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“We cannot link our understanding and trusting of God’s faithfulness to our results and outcomes. He is faithful regardless of our outcomes.”
― Brandon Michael West, It Is Not Your Business to Succeed: Your Role in Leadership When You Can't Control Your Outcomes

“Mr. Foote was right: no one can guess. No one knows the final outcome, though why is it called an outcome? No one comes out, eventually. "We aren't going to make it out of here alive," Tig used to say as a joke, although it wasn't one. And if you did guess, if you could foresee, would that be better? No: you'd live in grief all the time, you'd be mourning things that hadn't happened yet.”
― Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

“To make a choice without considering the consequences of that choice is certain to be the worst consequence of all the consequences that are about to follow.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“History will define the consequences of your choice as the choice.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The consequences of your choices will always outlive the choices.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Don’t pay forward today what’s going to set you back tomorrow.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The weight of the lie will never lighten the load of the circumstance.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Treating truth as a bargainable commodity is much like planting a time bomb that immediately resets itself after every explosion.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“How often have our choices dug the cliff that we just fell off of?”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough