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Success and Failure

376 aphorisms  ·  9 comments

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tiny.ag/yevckcm5  ·  submitted 1997

There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/mnjs1wvi  ·  submitted 1997

There are people who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened.

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tiny.ag/tp4xrqcg  ·  submitted 1997

There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.

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tiny.ag/pb2gjrze  ·  submitted 1997

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

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tiny.ag/r3bhbgos  ·  submitted 1997

To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.

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tiny.ag/uijwr4e3  ·  submitted 1997

To err is human, to forgive unusual.

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tiny.ag/hhdwpvkc  ·  submitted 1997

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.

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tiny.ag/uxknfqoq  ·  submitted 1997

Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.

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tiny.ag/rcehbv9s  ·  submitted 1997

Putt's Law: Technology is dominated by two types of people: Those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.

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tiny.ag/jb6usc1h  ·  submitted 1997

Reach for the moon and if you miss at least you will land among the stars.

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tiny.ag/p0z9jdbr  ·  submitted 1997

Silverman's Law: If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.

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tiny.ag/tkee56g3  ·  submitted 1997

Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.

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tiny.ag/s1xthnqz  ·  submitted 1997

Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

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tiny.ag/qwjktm2e  ·  submitted 1997

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport.

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tiny.ag/yojpg6ut  ·  submitted 1997

Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant.

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tiny.ag/oxjpvl03  ·  submitted 1997

Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.

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tiny.ag/sm4gracz  ·  submitted 1997

Strategy: A long-range plan whose merit cannot be evaluated until sometime after those creating it have left the organization.

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tiny.ag/7tiaqkyk  ·  submitted 1997

Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

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tiny.ag/0dnzu8o7  ·  submitted 1997

Success is a journey, not a destination.

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tiny.ag/wvpojnsh  ·  submitted 1997

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

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