Outcome Quotes - page 13

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. (Gail Devers)
I don't know what the outcome will be. I put a couple away for my grandkids, like that. So I don't know, who knows? Maybe I'll start building guitars for a living. View quote
Guy Clark
When investors, particularly investment bankers, talk about splitting up companies, there's a lot of discussion about multiple expansion, and the reality is multiple expansion is an outcome, not a strategy. View quote
Irene Rosenfeld
We know over very national survival is at stake; and we believe that we should support our troops, yes, and work for an outcome that results in victory. View quote
J. D. Hayworth
I don't think anyone would look at Colombia today and say that it is failing. This positive outcome is an example of the effective application of smart power - it is succeeding. View quote
James G. Stavridis
The question of religion was a matter for each individual's conscience, and in a great many cases was the outcome of birth or residence in a certain geographical area. View quote
James Larkin
In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is only possible with the interaction of all the players. View quote
Janet Echelman
Our country is not in crisis. There are no tanks in the streets... No matter what the outcome of the president's situation, life in America will go on. Our lives will continue to be filled with practical matters, not constitutional ones. View quote
Jennifer Dunn
We have to have a way of dealing with this that engenders confidence, trust, gives us every chance of getting the right outcome and boosts both sustainability and economic return at the same time. View quote
John Anderson
It's always unfortunate when a reporter is sent behind bars for failing to turn over sources. There's no way to say what the long-term outcome will be. View quote
Judy Woodruff
We can take suffering to be an opportunity to learn and to grow. But if we are honest, we should remember that this is making the best of a bad job, and that minimising suffering takes priority over optimising its outcome. (Julian Baggini)
The outcome, the fourth in an issue of five boys born into a staunch Baptist home, meant that from the beginning I was taught to be respectful of others no less than myself, influencing ever since both my political and administrative attitudes. View quote
James Black
I love reality TV and everything, and it's something that I truly love to do, and I love the outcome of it; it's like my art. I consider my reality show as my art piece, and it's like a sculpture that I built; it's my baby. View quote
Kendra Wilkinson
I'm not somebody who's emotionally attached to an outcome of a character that I'm hired to play. The fans are. View quote
Katerina Graham
A national primary election would electrify the people and give them a larger stake in the outcome. View quote
Leopoldo Lopez
Since entering the new century, China and Africa have seized the historic opportunities presented by the deepening of globalization, worked together and helped each other to achieve a win-win outcome. View quote
Li Keqiang
What sets lion chasers apart isn't the outcome. It's the courage to chase God-sized dreams. View quote
Mark Batterson
There are lots of people shaping decisions, and so if we want to predict correctly, we have to pay attention to everybody who is trying to shape the outcome, not just the people at the pinnacle of the decision-making pyramid. View quote
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety. It is the goal, not the starting point. View quote
Maurice Saatchi
Big plays are such a huge factor in the outcome of games. It is so difficult to go the distance on a defense. View quote
Mike McCarthy
As the BBC approaches the final phase of decisions about its future, it will be important for those involved to be established in post and ready to take responsibility for implementation of the outcome. (Pauline Neville-Jones)
I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome. View quote
Robert Casey
The decision to serve a mission will shape the spiritual destiny of the missionary, his or her spouse, and their posterity for generations to come. A desire to serve is a natural outcome of one's conversion, worthiness, and preparation. View quote
Russell M. Nelson
The committee's work is not about whether or how we should pay reparations. That was never the intent nor will the payment of reparations be the outcome. This is an effort designed to involve the campus community in a discovery of the meaning of our past. View quote
Ruth J. Simmons
If millions of Americans choose to weigh in on the outcome of "American Idol" through text messages and the Web, then why not harness similar technological tools to encourage discourse on the political landscape? View quote
Ruzwana Bashir