Success and Failure

Finagle's Fourth Law: Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.

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Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterwards.

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Everything you do or say is public relations.

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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.

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Every solution breeds new problems.

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Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.

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Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?

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Even if you aren't making money at your job, but doing something you love to do, you are a true success.

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Even a blind pig in a blizzard finds an acorn once in a while.

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Ducharm's Axiom: If you view your problem closely enough you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.

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Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.

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Cox's Philosophy: Life's a bitch, and then you die.

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DeVries' Dilemma: If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper.

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Do not believe in miracles -- rely on them.

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inhibit the earth.

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An error is not a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

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Anyone who uses the phrase "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried taking candy from a baby.

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Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.

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Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

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Any small object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.

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