Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/31pmzh6f · submitted 1997
The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.
tiny.ag/wj0czhzk · submitted 1997
The more you put into life, the less you will get.
tiny.ag/5wcgbb1a · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you think you know.
tiny.ag/qdve785j · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you need to show.
tiny.ag/zoapng08 · submitted 1997
The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.
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?
tiny.ag/cajbytn9 · submitted 1997
The greatest thing man can create is himself.
tiny.ag/i1mqw56v · submitted 1997
The future belongs to those who dare.
tiny.ag/z1irlfxp · submitted 1997
Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind.
tiny.ag/p0z9jdbr · submitted 1997
Silverman's Law: If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.
tiny.ag/jb6usc1h · submitted 1997
Reach for the moon and if you miss at least you will land among the stars.
tiny.ag/rcehbv9s · submitted 1997
Putt's Law: Technology is dominated by two types of people: Those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
tiny.ag/xts9pvd0 · submitted 1997
Perfection is only achieved on the point of collapse.
Unknown, (from Bjarne Stroustrup's book on C++), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/4wuke9ix · submitted 1997
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.
tiny.ag/xhom8dbn · submitted 1997
Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed. Only those who never try, never fail.
tiny.ag/u05c2aqo · submitted 1997
Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.
Unknown, (motto of the Dutch Poet's Society), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/6bpzcbnv · submitted 1997
Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.
tiny.ag/ovsgddqq · submitted 1997
Non-Reciprocal Laws of Expectations: Negative expectations yield negative results. Positive expectations yield negative results.
tiny.ag/tkee56g3 · submitted 1997
Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.
tiny.ag/oumhmbbr · submitted 1997
Official Project Stages: (1) Uncritical Acceptance. (2) Wild Enthusiasm. (3) Dejected Disillusionment. (4) Total Confusion. (5) Search for the Guilty. (6) Punishment of the Innocent. (7) Promotion of the Non-participants.
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