Quotes for All
I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me to run my best on that day, or better than my best. So whatever the outcome is, I have to be satisfied with it if I know I gave it my best effort. … Read more
You can’t change the tale so that you turned left one day instead of right, or didn’t make the mistake that might have saved your life a day later. We don’t get those choices. The story is what got you here, and embracing its truth is what makes the outcome bearable. Gail Caldwell
Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety. Gabrielle Bernstein
Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool’s option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn’t raised a fool. Gabrielle Zevin
The most constructive solutions are those which take into consideration the views of all persons involved and are acceptable to all. Such outcomes are the result of negotiation strategies where the needs of both sides are considered important and an attempt is made to meet all needs. These solutions are appropriately called Win-Win because there … Read more
Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late. G. Edward Griffin
Each day the forces of evil and the forces of good enlist new recruits. Each day we personally make many decisions showing the cause we support. The final outcome is certain—the forces of righteousness will win. But what remains to be seen is where each of us personally, now and in the future, will stand … Read more
The option of quitting has long been undervalued and underused… Quitters must not be frightened by the potentially cataclysmic outcome of a particular quit. Evan Harris
People would be a lot more skeptical if they understood that there is an incredible amount of chance in the results that you observe for active managers. So the distribution of outcomes is enormously wide – but that’s exactly what you’d expect by chance with lots of active managers who hold imperfectly diversified portfolios. The … Read more
The outcome of my days is always the same; an infinite desire for what one never gets; a void one cannot fill; an utter yearning to produce in all ways, to battle as much as possible against time that drags us along, and the distractions that throw a veil over our soul. Eugene Delacroix