Success and Failure

Life's a bitch, and then she has puppies.

Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

Every solution breeds new problems.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

Do not believe in miracles -- rely on them.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence -- and then success is sure.

Mark Twain, in Success and Failure

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Paul Gauguin, in Success and Failure

Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

David Lloyd George, in Success and Failure

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Jean Giraudoux, in Success and Failure

The wind and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Edward Gibbon, in Success and Failure

Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.

Jacob Ghitis, in Success and Failure

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

J. Paul Getty, in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.

John Kenneth Galbraith, in Success and Failure

You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

Edwin Louis Cole, in Success and Failure

Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.

Joe Clark, in Success and Failure

Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it.

Winston Churchill, in Success and Failure