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Success and Failure

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tiny.ag/tkee56g3  ·  submitted 1997

Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.

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tiny.ag/s1xthnqz  ·  submitted 1997

Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

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tiny.ag/u05c2aqo  ·  submitted 1997

Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.

Unknown, (motto of the Dutch Poet's Society), in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/qwjktm2e  ·  submitted 1997

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport.

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tiny.ag/yojpg6ut  ·  submitted 1997

Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant.

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tiny.ag/oxjpvl03  ·  submitted 1997

Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.

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tiny.ag/oumhmbbr  ·  submitted 1997

Official Project Stages: (1) Uncritical Acceptance. (2) Wild Enthusiasm. (3) Dejected Disillusionment. (4) Total Confusion. (5) Search for the Guilty. (6) Punishment of the Innocent. (7) Promotion of the Non-participants.

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tiny.ag/sm4gracz  ·  submitted 1997

Strategy: A long-range plan whose merit cannot be evaluated until sometime after those creating it have left the organization.

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tiny.ag/7tiaqkyk  ·  submitted 1997

Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

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tiny.ag/0dnzu8o7  ·  submitted 1997

Success is a journey, not a destination.

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tiny.ag/z1irlfxp  ·  submitted 1997

Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind.

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tiny.ag/n6uw7frr  ·  submitted 1997

The last time you failed, did you stop trying because you failed -- or did you fail because you stopped trying?

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tiny.ag/31pmzh6f  ·  submitted 1997

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

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tiny.ag/wj0czhzk  ·  submitted 1997

The more you put into life, the less you will get.

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tiny.ag/5wcgbb1a  ·  submitted 1997

The more you know, the less you think you know.

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tiny.ag/qdve785j  ·  submitted 1997

The more you know, the less you need to show.

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tiny.ag/zoapng08  ·  submitted 1997

The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.

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tiny.ag/i1mqw56v  ·  submitted 1997

The future belongs to those who dare.

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tiny.ag/rhjtfglc  ·  submitted 1997

The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.

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tiny.ag/zt1r3of5  ·  submitted 1997

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

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