Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/6wwft1cd · submitted 1997
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
tiny.ag/cwprmiyl · submitted 1997
As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error.
tiny.ag/ajoczguy · submitted 1997
Usually, if you're calling any shots at all, you're not eating worms.
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes (the Susie Derkins character), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/vpdlcnc4 · submitted 1997
Nothing ventured, nothing gained -- but if everything is ventured, and still nothing gained, give up and venture elsewhere.
tiny.ag/m3n54rvj · submitted 1997
Always expect the worst, and you will never be disappointed.
tiny.ag/kzayik2y · submitted 1997
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
tiny.ag/2xwphyb8 · submitted 1997
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
tiny.ag/zhi7upjz · submitted 1997
I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
tiny.ag/1nxtc03g · submitted 1997
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.
tiny.ag/woh9u2ra · submitted 1997
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
tiny.ag/p3dfzooi · submitted 1997
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again.
tiny.ag/cgb5omnm · submitted 1997
They are able because they think they are able.
tiny.ag/ghr75dcd · submitted 1997
All my life I wanted to be someone; I guess I should have been more specific.
tiny.ag/t9jmvbpa · submitted 1997
A witty saying proves nothing.
tiny.ag/30roecxw · submitted 1997
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
tiny.ag/n3oab9iu · submitted 1997
The biggest things are always the easiest to do because there is no competition.
tiny.ag/h5blv72l · submitted 1997
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
tiny.ag/pgsxbect · submitted 1998
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it's been though a blender first.
Les Barker, An Infinite Number of Occasional Tables, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/u5mb79tw · submitted 1997
Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.
James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan, 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
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