Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/t8hgtc1d · submitted 1997
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
W. Edwards Deming, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/xiwdsjg7 · submitted 1997
Hard reality has a way of cramping your style.
tiny.ag/uyr1lndu · submitted 1997
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
tiny.ag/r3bhbgos · submitted 1997
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
tiny.ag/xgpm1arf · submitted 1999
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
tiny.ag/slwohzjt · submitted 1997
It's kinda fun to do the impossible.
tiny.ag/wva2bjoz · submitted 1997
I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realised that I had dug my own grave.
Dominic, (on the psychology of a gambler), in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/uxknfqoq · submitted 1997
Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/hhdwpvkc · submitted 1997
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.
tiny.ag/uijwr4e3 · submitted 1997
To err is human, to forgive unusual.
tiny.ag/pb2gjrze · submitted 1997
To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.
tiny.ag/qdve785j · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you need to show.
tiny.ag/eoiuzgcy · submitted 1997
The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it.
tiny.ag/mnjs1wvi · submitted 1997
There are people who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened.
tiny.ag/yevckcm5 · submitted 1997
There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful.
tiny.ag/d0mk6ixb · submitted 1997
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
tiny.ag/juykxd68 · submitted 1997
The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/5wcgbb1a · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you think you know.
tiny.ag/31pmzh6f · submitted 1997
The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.
tiny.ag/tglvjgxa · submitted 1997
The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it.
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