Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/nms3wmpx · submitted 1997
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
tiny.ag/xts9pvd0 · submitted 1997
Perfection is only achieved on the point of collapse.
Unknown, (from Bjarne Stroustrup's book on C++), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/oxjpvl03 · submitted 1997
Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.
tiny.ag/yojpg6ut · submitted 1997
Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant.
tiny.ag/qwjktm2e · submitted 1997
Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport.
tiny.ag/pdvztxjj · submitted 1997
You can run with the big dogs or sit on the porch and bark.
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/s1xthnqz · submitted 1997
Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.
tiny.ag/tkee56g3 · submitted 1997
Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.
tiny.ag/p0z9jdbr · submitted 1997
Silverman's Law: If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.
tiny.ag/rcehbv9s · submitted 1997
Putt's Law: Technology is dominated by two types of people: Those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
tiny.ag/ikcjtldg · submitted 1997
A celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
tiny.ag/zfe8lgun · submitted 1997
A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking.
tiny.ag/0516mcy2 · submitted 1999 by Chris Blake
The majority of the time, the thing that gets in the way of success... is your brain.
tiny.ag/imyvlox8 · submitted 1997
Misfortune: The kind of fortune that never misses.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/opp6altk · submitted 1997
Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Love and Hate and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/jb6usc1h · submitted 1997
Reach for the moon and if you miss at least you will land among the stars.
tiny.ag/4wuke9ix · submitted 1997
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.
tiny.ag/snlzrsu1 · submitted 1997
Hatred: A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Love and Hate and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/nvfl7j9k · submitted 1997
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
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