Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/qxbfoafe · submitted 1997
Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?
tiny.ag/no2pawla · submitted 1997
Do not believe in miracles -- rely on them.
tiny.ag/7kxpl9yw · submitted 1997
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence -- and then success is sure.
tiny.ag/6ksjcdo8 · submitted 1997
If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
tiny.ag/wb5d0s4b · submitted 1997
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
tiny.ag/jh8e0mpv · submitted 1997
Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.
tiny.ag/pyo8tp7v · submitted 1997
Every solution breeds new problems.
tiny.ag/5vltvcdk · submitted 1997
Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
tiny.ag/ifmh7qzv · submitted 1997
Everything you do or say is public relations.
tiny.ag/rhb5ylek · submitted 1997
Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterwards.
tiny.ag/s45yjewi · submitted 1997
God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.
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/8ixk9v6t · submitted 1997
Hoare's Law of Large Problems: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.
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