Success and Failure

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

Bernadette Devlin, in Success and Failure

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

Yogi Berra, in Success and Failure

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Thomas Alva Edison, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

There's no success like failure, And failure's no success at all.

Bob Dylan, "Love Minus Zero/No Limit", in Success and Failure

There's nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

Peter F. Drucker, in Success and Failure

Sloppy thinking only gets worse with decapitation.

Dr. Squid, in Success and Failure

He who hesitates is probably smart... or maybe stapled to the floor.

Dr. Squid, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure

I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realised that I had dug my own grave.

Dominic, (on the psychology of a gambler), in Life and Death and Success and Failure

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Benjamin Disraeli, in Success and Failure

It's kinda fun to do the impossible.

Walt Disney, in Success and Failure

Don't fear change -- embrace it.

Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure

An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.

Stephen R. Covey, Principle-Centered Leadership, in Success and Failure

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Quentin Crisp, in Success and Failure

"It can't happen here" is number 1 on the list of famous last words.

David Crosby, in Success and Failure

Become addicted to constant and neverending self-improvement.

Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Bette Davis, in Success and Failure

Hard reality has a way of cramping your style.

Daniel Dennett, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

W. Edwards Deming, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

It's not over until it's over.

Yogi Berra, in Success and Failure

Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.

Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure