Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/pcufmsbg · submitted 1997
Nothing recedes like success.
tiny.ag/6v4py5gm · submitted 1997
A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.
tiny.ag/zvet9opr · submitted 1997
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
tiny.ag/no4elqmc · submitted 1997
Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
tiny.ag/n3oab9iu · submitted 1997
The biggest things are always the easiest to do because there is no competition.
tiny.ag/yuovagrx · submitted 1997
We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
tiny.ag/cgb5omnm · submitted 1997
They are able because they think they are able.
tiny.ag/30roecxw · submitted 1997
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
tiny.ag/t9jmvbpa · submitted 1997
A witty saying proves nothing.
tiny.ag/ghr75dcd · submitted 1997
All my life I wanted to be someone; I guess I should have been more specific.
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/ogrpomi2 · submitted 1997
Spel chekers, hoo neeeds em?
tiny.ag/ikcjtldg · submitted 1997
A celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
tiny.ag/rwq2lgkv · submitted 1997
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act and, in acting, to live.
tiny.ag/cya9lpyt · submitted 1997
He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.
tiny.ag/br8cx6zt · submitted 1997
I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution.
tiny.ag/qv5khfql · submitted 1997
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Werner von Braun, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/hdkst9q4 · submitted 1997
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
tiny.ag/tmknh1db · submitted 1997
99% of the game is half mental.
tiny.ag/rxjp4mey · submitted 1997
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
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