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"You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps have been taken, some situation will have been created that matches your initial picture of the outcome closely enough that you can call it "done."
"Surrender is faith that the power of Love can accomplish anything even when you cannot forsee the outcome."
"Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome"
"We tend to buy things - a lot of things - where we don't know exactly what will happen, but the outcome will be decent."
"I believe in the perfect outcome of every situation in my life."
"If we define risk as 'the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,' inaction is the greatest risk of all."
"People thought they could explain and conquer nature-yet the outcome is that they destroyed it and disinherited themselves from it."
"Whatever the outcome of the day I shall never forget that you hit me when I wasn't even looking!"
"Who you hang out with determines what you dream about and what you collide with. And the collisions and the dreams lead to your changes. And the changes are what you become. Change the outcome by changing your circle."
"Destructiveness is the outcome of an unlived life."
"Decide the outcome and the action step, put reminders of those somewhere your brain trusts youll see them at the right time, and listen to your brain breathe easier."
"Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act - if you can't control outcomes, you can control the elegance of your behaviour. You will always have the last word."
"The more the drive toward life is thwarted, the stronger is the drive toward destruction; the more life is realized, the less is the strength of destructiveness. Destructiveness is the outcome of unlived life."
"From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events."
"Truth is not a matter of argumentation and conviction; it is not the outcome of opinion."
"The condition of your birth doesn't determine the outcome of your life. This is America."
"The journey is the destination. The process you're in is the goal. Success is never defined by the outcome but by the process."
"Expectations determine outcome, always!"
"By taking a business-like approach, the student-athletes and their parents will be in control of the outcome and that's how it should be."
"Worrying won't prevent the worst outcome. I've learned to live in the moment, which is not my natural tendency. I've always thought that if I worried about something enough, it wouldn't happen. I forgot to worry about Parkinson's."
