Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/u5mb79tw · submitted 1997
Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.
James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/rxjp4mey · submitted 1997
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
tiny.ag/ogrpomi2 · submitted 1997
Spel chekers, hoo neeeds em?
tiny.ag/gwiaxqqe · submitted 1997
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
tiny.ag/gdmyudjb · submitted 1997
It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give up because by that time I was too famous.
tiny.ag/4ocga7zg · submitted 1997
I have made mistakes, but have never made the mistake of claiming I never made one.
tiny.ag/tmknh1db · submitted 1997
99% of the game is half mental.
tiny.ag/lmbiznpc · submitted 1997
It's not over until it's over.
tiny.ag/hdkst9q4 · submitted 1997
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
tiny.ag/y5vkzeae · submitted 1997
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
tiny.ag/60xih5fm · submitted 1997
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
tiny.ag/wlihbcon · submitted 1997
"It can't happen here" is number 1 on the list of famous last words.
tiny.ag/uqvndhdp · submitted 1997
Become addicted to constant and neverending self-improvement.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/zan4dyde · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/k5r69m8l · submitted 1997
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
tiny.ag/lasqyfqt · submitted 1997
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
tiny.ag/t8hgtc1d · submitted 1997
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
W. Edwards Deming, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
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