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 | If what you've done is stupid, but it works… then it really isn't all that stupid. — Dave Letterman, 1947-, American TV talk show host 14 likes |
 | The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. — Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims 6 likes |
 | Whatever is done well enough is done quickly enough. — Augustus, 63 BC-14 AD, Roman Emperor 5 likes |
 | You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 4 likes |
 | Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. — Titus Livius, 59 BC-17 AD, Roman historian 4 likes |
 | Every choice you make has an end result. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 3 likes |
 | However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 3 likes |
 | Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy. — Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer 3 likes |
 | Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think. — Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher 3 likes |
 | Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 3 likes |
| Morale in an organization does not mean that “people get along together”; the test is performance not conformance. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 3 likes |
 | If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 3 likes |
 | Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing, the result. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 3 likes |
 | The finest eloquence is that which gets things done. — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] 3 likes |
 | Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. — Doug Larson, 1926-2017, American columnist 3 likes |
 | You don’t concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done — Chuck Yeager, 1923-2020, American pioneer pilot 3 likes |
 | Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open. — Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher 1 likes |
 | Pity that consequences are determined not by excuses but by actions! — George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer 1 likes |
 | What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now. — Bouddha, 563-483 BC, Indian founder of Buddhism 1 likes |
 | In any new idea, we have to look for where it comes from and where it goes. Only then can we know if it is good or not. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 1 likes |
 | As long as nothing happens, anything is possible. — Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer 1 likes |
 | A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. — W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, British poet 1 likes |
 | One mighty deed can change the course of things; a lonely thought becomes omnipotent. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher 1 likes |
 | I am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appearing on my canvas. — Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter 1 likes |
 | A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results. — Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943, Serbian-American inventor 1 likes |
 | Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception. — Plautus, c. 254-184 BC, Roman playwright 1 likes |
 | One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results. — Milton Friedman, 1912-2006, American economist 1 likes |
 | We are the sons of our actions. — Miguel Cervantes, 1547-1616, Spanish writer 1 likes |
 | The difference between organic and mechanical in social matters is a moral one: the “organic” is the result of innumerable humble acts; the “mechanical” is the result of one decisive act of arrogance. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 1 likes |
Latin Quotes
 | The result justifies the deed. Exitus acta probat. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet 23 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | A bad beginning makes a bad ending. Κακής απ’ αρχής γίγνεται τέλος κακόν. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Aeolus 12 likes |
 | Boldness is the beginning of action. But fortune controls how it ends. Τόλμα πρήξιος αρχή, τύχη δε τέλεος κυρίη. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 10 likes |
 | The mountain labors and gives birth to a mouse. Ώδινεν όρος και έτεκεν μυν. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 4 likes |
 | Beautiful and great works are for those who toil and take risks. Πονούντων και κινδυνευόντων τα καλά και μεγάλα έργα. — Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC, King of Macedon 4 likes |
Proverbs
 | All is well that ends well. 6 likes |
 | To kill two birds with one stone. 4 likes |
| You reap what you sow. 4 likes |
