Success and Failure

No man can get through me but through my act.

 Ralph Waldo Emerson, in  Success and Failure

Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

 Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in  Love and Hate and  Success and Failure

Hatred: A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.

 Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in  Love and Hate and  Success and Failure

Misfortune: The kind of fortune that never misses.

 Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in  Success and Failure

The majority of the time, the thing that gets in the way of success... is your brain.

 Chris Blake, in  Success and Failure

A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking.

 Arthur Block, in  Success and Failure

A celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.

 Daniel Boorstin, in  Success and Failure

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

 Ralph Ellison, in  Success and Failure

Hitch your wagon to a star.

 Ralph Waldo Emerson, in  Success and Failure

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.

 Kehlog Albran, in  Success and Failure

As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep your eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole!

 Murray Banks, in  Success and Failure

Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.

 Russell Banks, in  Life and Death and  Success and Failure

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it's been though a blender first.

 Les Barker, An Infinite Number of Occasional Tables, in  Success and Failure and  Wisdom and Ignorance

Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.

 James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan, in  Success and Failure

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

 Ben Bayol, in  Success and Failure and  Work and Recreation

Spel chekers, hoo neeeds em?

 Alan James Bean, in  Success and Failure

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

 Ludwig van Beethoven, in  Success and Failure

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.

 Peter Benchley, in  Success and Failure

I have made mistakes, but have never made the mistake of claiming I never made one.

 James G. Bennet, in  Success and Failure

99% of the game is half mental.

 Yogi Berra, in  Success and Failure