Success and Failure

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

Robert Collier, in Success and Failure

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.

Confucius, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

No one really knows enough to be a pessimist.

Norman Cousins, in Success and Failure

An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.

Stephen R. Covey, Principle-Centered Leadership, in Success and Failure

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Quentin Crisp, in Success and Failure

"It can't happen here" is number 1 on the list of famous last words.

David Crosby, in Success and Failure

Become addicted to constant and neverending self-improvement.

Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure

Don't fear change -- embrace it.

Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure

Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.

Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Bette Davis, in Success and Failure

Imbesi's Law with Freeman's Extension: In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty; but you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Vice and Virtue

Life's a bitch, and life's got lots of sisters.

Ross Presser, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Plato, The Republic, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Neil Peart, in Success and Failure

Misfortune: The kind of fortune that never misses.

Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Success and Failure

A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking.

Arthur Block, in Success and Failure

The majority of the time, the thing that gets in the way of success... is your brain.

Chris Blake, in Success and Failure