outcomes Quotes

“But your choices are also not stronger than my purposes, and I will use every choice you make for the ultimate good and the most loving outcome.”

“And I trust by now that you all know what the eventual outcome is going to be. You’re going to have to shut the thing down.”

“The warrior knows that peace does not come from control but from relinquishing control. Everything in life that you try to control that is outside your control will steal from you your peace. You must choose to take hold of what you can control and let go of what you cannot. You cannot control your circumstances, but you can control your character. You cannot control the actions of others, but you can control the choices you make. You cannot control the outcome, but you can control the process.”

“The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.”

“At some point we all stand at this intersection. Is God good when the outcome is not?”

“There’s a thousand ways this could go wrong and only one way for it to go right.”

“It occurs to me that there’s no real difference between us, the living and the dead; it’s just a matter of tense: past-dead and future-dead.”

“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.”

“If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.”

“To skip any one of the billion acts in Columbus’s chain would have wholly changed his life. I have examined his billion of possible careers, and in only one of them occurs the discovery of America.”

“Gratitude” is about letting go of desired outcomes and fully embracing the privilege and process of pursuing goals and dreams.”

“The most powerful outcomes are delayed.”

“Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits.”