Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/wva2bjoz · submitted 1997
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
tiny.ag/tacuwmyh · submitted 1997
He who hesitates is probably smart... or maybe stapled to the floor.
tiny.ag/lsjxix1g · submitted 1997
Sloppy thinking only gets worse with decapitation.
tiny.ag/he6rec8v · submitted 1997
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
tiny.ag/sk2lr8ad · submitted 1997
We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
tiny.ag/imyvlox8 · submitted 1997
Misfortune: The kind of fortune that never misses.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/0516mcy2 · submitted 1999 by Chris Blake
The majority of the time, the thing that gets in the way of success... is your brain.
tiny.ag/zfe8lgun · submitted 1997
A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking.
tiny.ag/ikcjtldg · submitted 1997
A celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
tiny.ag/nms3wmpx · submitted 1997
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
tiny.ag/shpmv1fs · submitted 1997
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.
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/xqe7yfma · submitted 1997
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
tiny.ag/2wniecpg · submitted 1997
It is said that the lonely eagle flies to the mountain peaks while the lowly ant crawls the ground, but cannot the soul of the ant soar as high as the eagle?
tiny.ag/pe3wjdh9 · submitted 1997
Jenkinson's Law: It won't work.
tiny.ag/xnqzybth · submitted 1997
Johnson's First Law: When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.
tiny.ag/0raepug8 · submitted 1997
Jones' Law: The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.
tiny.ag/jaktd8ze · submitted 1997
Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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