Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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101–120 (377)
tiny.ag/shbtdjjo · submitted 1997
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
tiny.ag/pdvztxjj · submitted 1997
You can run with the big dogs or sit on the porch and bark.
tiny.ag/hzol4xrd · submitted 1997
Watch for big problems; they disguise big opportunities.
tiny.ag/5edntuvq · submitted 1997
If I can be of any help, you're in worse trouble than I thought.
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/vdu1almu · submitted 1997
Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
tiny.ag/8ixk9v6t · submitted 1997
Hoare's Law of Large Problems: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.
tiny.ag/epdarexm · submitted 1999 by Jim Mueller
I wish I were what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.
tiny.ag/lhewzazm · submitted 1997
I'd rather be rich than stupid.
tiny.ag/stfdm53a · submitted 1997
If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.
tiny.ag/aqhc8mvh · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
tiny.ag/fsy6lb1v · submitted 1997
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
tiny.ag/5dmluv32 · submitted 1997
Finagle's Fourth Law: Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.
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/xw6wlcfo · submitted 1997
Life's a bitch, and life's got lots of sisters.
tiny.ag/z9mjngin · submitted 1997
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Plato, The Republic, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/rhb5ylek · submitted 1997
Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterwards.
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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