Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/no2pawla · submitted 1997
Do not believe in miracles -- rely on them.
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/6ntlf03d · submitted 1997
No one has ever bet enough on a winning horse.
tiny.ag/0jnrf9e2 · submitted 1997
Nothing good ever ends.
tiny.ag/8qrwy5es · submitted 1997
Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.
tiny.ag/axmb1ikq · submitted 1997
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
tiny.ag/uc5f23qi · submitted 1997
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
tiny.ag/qowr2a9d · submitted 1997
You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising budget is big enough.
tiny.ag/9umqrmgd · submitted 1999 by Bill Masterson (wmasterson
The race may not be always to the swift, or the battle to the strong, but that's sure the way to bet.
tiny.ag/akq8lupr · submitted 1997
Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Margaret Lee Runbeck, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/3dgnw9ta · submitted 1997
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.
tiny.ag/lsjxix1g · submitted 1997
Sloppy thinking only gets worse with decapitation.
tiny.ag/tacuwmyh · submitted 1997
He who hesitates is probably smart... or maybe stapled to the floor.
tiny.ag/mzqjkhnh · submitted 1997
Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is.
tiny.ag/tgov7yf4 · submitted 1997
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
tiny.ag/wyl7j4bs · submitted 1997
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
tiny.ag/wk0s75et · submitted 1997
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened, it won't last.
tiny.ag/hxz4udr0 · submitted 1997
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
tiny.ag/tcqireyb · submitted 1997
Boren's Laws: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.
tiny.ag/lmtj5cfu · submitted 1997
Blessed are those who expect nothing... for they will not be disappointed.
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