Quotes about Outcome

We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.

But whatever you hope, you will find out that you can't bargain with your life on your own terms. It is always going to be proving itself worse or better than you hoped.

Their failure was something you felt rather than saw.

The means have murdered the end.

Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention.

The logical outcome of evolution is that it makes monsters. We turn into monsters because evolution takes away everything that makes us human in the sense of our moral accountability, our moral absolutes, and our idea of being distinct from the animal kingdom.

We are not the masters of our own destinies. We are called to plan and strategize, to work and live active lives, to attempt things that are beyond us and tackle challenges that stretch us to the limit. Yet the outcome of our efforts, even our ability to exert ourselves, is always in God's hands.

A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

The mystery of free will versus predestination. You're going to tie yourself up with that one, Mona. Either God is in charge or He's not. We can go round and round about the origin of evil, but the buck stops at God. The question isn't who causes something to happen, but rather, whether you see the outcome with His eyes or yours. Whether or not you trust He's got it all in His hands.

Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.

It's a miracle that any job comes together.