Success and Failure

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Benjamin Disraeli, in Success and Failure

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

He who hesitates is probably smart... or maybe stapled to the floor.

Dr. Squid, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

Herman Melville, in Success and Failure

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

Henry Louis Mencken, in Success and Failure

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened, it won't last.

Jules Renard, in Success and Failure

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

La Rochefoucauld, in Love and Hate and Success and Failure

99% of the game is half mental.

Yogi Berra, in Success and Failure

It's not over until it's over.

Yogi Berra, in Success and Failure

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

Yogi Berra, in Success and Failure

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

Robert Collier, in Success and Failure

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.

Confucius, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

No one really knows enough to be a pessimist.

Norman Cousins, in Success and Failure

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

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

You should emulate your heroes, but don't carry it too far. Especially if they are dead.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

You're a genius if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning is electricity -- but you're an idiot if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning can kill you.

Unknown, (from Mad Magazine), in Success and Failure