Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/a5rzjxd3 · submitted 1997
Where there is no vision, there is no achievment.
tiny.ag/1dmiuqr0 · submitted 1997
People who never acheive happiness are the ones who complain whenever they're awake, and whenever they're asleep,they are thinking about what to complain about tommorrow.
tiny.ag/abk7huzh · submitted 1997
What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
Unknown, (W.O.P.R. computer in War Games), in Success and Failure and War and Peace
tiny.ag/hcgfyxv9 · submitted 1997
A .44 magnum beats four aces.
tiny.ag/5hbi0ras · submitted 1997
Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.
David Summers, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/15hrdjm4 · submitted 1997
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
tiny.ag/s2pjkz1e · submitted 1997
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/yxd6qmth · submitted 1997
If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
tiny.ag/xajujcev · submitted 1997
Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
tiny.ag/1kqijph2 · submitted 1997
When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.
tiny.ag/kfrp7mf8 · submitted 1997
Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.
tiny.ag/uetklpkx · submitted 1997
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power of the greatest obstacle.
tiny.ag/wb5d0s4b · submitted 1997
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
tiny.ag/6ksjcdo8 · submitted 1997
If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
tiny.ag/7kxpl9yw · submitted 1997
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence -- and then success is sure.
tiny.ag/h5blv72l · submitted 1997
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
tiny.ag/euochyxn · submitted 1997
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.
Daniel Schorr, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/zmkoye6d · submitted 1997
Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well. Think about it.
tiny.ag/zdanfcvk · submitted 1997
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
tiny.ag/dhpqxvke · submitted 1997
Talkers are no good doers.
William Shakespeare, Henry VI, in Success and Failure
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