Success and Failure

376 aphorisms · 9 comments

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tiny.ag/epdarexm · submitted 1999 by Jim Mueller

I wish I were what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.

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tiny.ag/lhewzazm · submitted 1997

I'd rather be rich than stupid.

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tiny.ag/5edntuvq · submitted 1997

If I can be of any help, you're in worse trouble than I thought.

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tiny.ag/fsy6lb1v · submitted 1997

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

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tiny.ag/stfdm53a · submitted 1997

If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

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tiny.ag/aqhc8mvh · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.

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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.

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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.

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tiny.ag/hsipkpnw · submitted 1997

If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.

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tiny.ag/vhuaqm1e · submitted 1997

If you do what you've always done, you'll be what you've always been.

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tiny.ag/qyrspbdi · submitted 1997

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

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tiny.ag/9unwygui · submitted 1997

Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.

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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.

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tiny.ag/avqob1zr · submitted 1997

Blessed are the meek for they shall inhibit the earth.

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tiny.ag/lmtj5cfu · submitted 1997

Blessed are those who expect nothing... for they will not be disappointed.

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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.

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tiny.ag/odgzoipj · submitted 1997

Boob's Law: You always find something in the last place you look.

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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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tiny.ag/zmis8rln · submitted 1997

Bradley's Bromide: If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in.

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tiny.ag/dm6wz1hm · submitted 1997

By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task completely overwhelm you.

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