Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/puraglae · submitted 1997
If the odds are a million to one against something occurring, chances are 50-50 it will.
tiny.ag/bpgwmk3n · submitted 1997
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
tiny.ag/hsipkpnw · submitted 1997
If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.
tiny.ag/vhuaqm1e · submitted 1997
If you do what you've always done, you'll be what you've always been.
tiny.ag/t2ay3kb5 · submitted 1997
If you see a turtle on a fence post, he has had some help.
tiny.ag/ohvcxj98 · submitted 1997
Imbesi's Law with Freeman's Extension: In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty; but you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean.
tiny.ag/u1iblda0 · submitted 1997
It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry.
tiny.ag/d4uzlrvm · submitted 1997
It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.
tiny.ag/uc5f23qi · submitted 1997
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
tiny.ag/6dhgl4cy · submitted 1998 by Ian Robinson
An error is not a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
tiny.ag/o9rrnhjx · submitted 1997
Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner of the workshop.
tiny.ag/frlb4xpk · submitted 1997
Any small object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.
tiny.ag/qyrspbdi · submitted 1997
Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.
tiny.ag/9unwygui · submitted 1997
Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.
tiny.ag/mximzhqd · submitted 1997
Anyone who uses the phrase "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried taking candy from a baby.
tiny.ag/avqob1zr · submitted 1997
Blessed are the meek for they shall inhibit the earth.
tiny.ag/lmtj5cfu · submitted 1997
Blessed are those who expect nothing... for they will not be disappointed.
tiny.ag/kbikw1yt · submitted 1997
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.
tiny.ag/odgzoipj · submitted 1997
Boob's Law: You always find something in the last place you look.
tiny.ag/tcqireyb · submitted 1997
Boren's Laws: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.
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