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Success and Failure

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tiny.ag/cajbytn9  ·  submitted 1997

The greatest thing man can create is himself.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/n6uw7frr  ·  submitted 1997

The last time you failed, did you stop trying because you failed -- or did you fail because you stopped trying?

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tiny.ag/zoapng08  ·  submitted 1997

The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.

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tiny.ag/qdve785j  ·  submitted 1997

The more you know, the less you need to show.

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tiny.ag/5wcgbb1a  ·  submitted 1997

The more you know, the less you think you know.

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tiny.ag/wj0czhzk  ·  submitted 1997

The more you put into life, the less you will get.

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tiny.ag/31pmzh6f  ·  submitted 1997

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

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tiny.ag/tglvjgxa  ·  submitted 1997

The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it.

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tiny.ag/eoiuzgcy  ·  submitted 1997

The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it.

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tiny.ag/juykxd68  ·  submitted 1997

The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.

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tiny.ag/d0mk6ixb  ·  submitted 1997

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.

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tiny.ag/yevckcm5  ·  submitted 1997

There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful.

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tiny.ag/mnjs1wvi  ·  submitted 1997

There are people who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened.

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tiny.ag/tp4xrqcg  ·  submitted 1997

There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.

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tiny.ag/pb2gjrze  ·  submitted 1997

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

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tiny.ag/r3bhbgos  ·  submitted 1997

To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.

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tiny.ag/uijwr4e3  ·  submitted 1997

To err is human, to forgive unusual.

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tiny.ag/hhdwpvkc  ·  submitted 1997

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.

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tiny.ag/uxknfqoq  ·  submitted 1997

Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.

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tiny.ag/tbra32py  ·  submitted 1997

Use soft words and hard arguments.

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