Success and Failure

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

Truth comes out of error more easily than out of confusion.

Francis Bacon, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

Aesop, in Happiness and Misery and Success and Failure

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Helen Keller, in Success and Failure

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

Walt Kelly, in Success and Failure

Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women.

Lord Kelvin, in Men and Women and Success and Failure

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

James Joyce, in Success and Failure

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Alan Kay, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.

Danny Kaye, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

John Keats, in Success and Failure

Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Success is a journey, not a destination.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure