Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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241–260 (377)
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/hvtbkoet · submitted 1997
When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong -- or you are absolutely right.
tiny.ag/pyfjvpn5 · submitted 1997
You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
tiny.ag/dncdjxtf · submitted 1997
No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one.
tiny.ag/f6aon4ji · submitted 1998
Never try to out-stubborn a cat.
Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/rwq2lgkv · submitted 1997
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act and, in acting, to live.
tiny.ag/60xih5fm · submitted 1997
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
tiny.ag/wlihbcon · submitted 1997
"It can't happen here" is number 1 on the list of famous last words.
tiny.ag/uqvndhdp · submitted 1997
Become addicted to constant and neverending self-improvement.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/zan4dyde · submitted 1997
Don't fear change -- embrace it.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/k5r69m8l · submitted 1997
Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/lasqyfqt · submitted 1997
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
tiny.ag/t8hgtc1d · submitted 1997
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
W. Edwards Deming, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/xiwdsjg7 · submitted 1997
Hard reality has a way of cramping your style.
tiny.ag/uyr1lndu · submitted 1997
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
tiny.ag/dvyytf1b · submitted 1997
No one really knows enough to be a pessimist.
tiny.ag/y5vkzeae · submitted 1997
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
tiny.ag/imyvlox8 · submitted 1997
Misfortune: The kind of fortune that never misses.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Success and Failure
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