Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/jlmjkna4 · submitted 1997
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
tiny.ag/i1mqw56v · submitted 1997
The future belongs to those who dare.
tiny.ag/eoiuzgcy · submitted 1997
The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it.
tiny.ag/juykxd68 · submitted 1997
The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/d0mk6ixb · submitted 1997
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
tiny.ag/yevckcm5 · submitted 1997
There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful.
tiny.ag/mnjs1wvi · submitted 1997
There are people who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened.
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.
tiny.ag/hhdwpvkc · submitted 1997
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.
tiny.ag/wvpojnsh · submitted 1997
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
tiny.ag/0dnzu8o7 · submitted 1997
Success is a journey, not a destination.
tiny.ag/7tiaqkyk · submitted 1997
Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
tiny.ag/pb2gjrze · submitted 1997
To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.
tiny.ag/r3bhbgos · submitted 1997
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
tiny.ag/uijwr4e3 · submitted 1997
To err is human, to forgive unusual.
tiny.ag/hzol4xrd · submitted 1997
Watch for big problems; they disguise big opportunities.
tiny.ag/qhi9mj1t · submitted 1997
Wethern's Law: Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
tiny.ag/k41czawu · submitted 1997
Weiler's Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
tiny.ag/31pmzh6f · submitted 1997
The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.
tiny.ag/tbra32py · submitted 1997
Use soft words and hard arguments.
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