Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/2ohv3gf8 · submitted 1997
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/dozch5ts · submitted 1997
Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.
tiny.ag/1j9ttvjx · submitted 1997
With every passing hour, our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster M13 in the constellation Hercules, and still there are some misfits who continue to insist that there is no such thing as progress.
tiny.ag/dxiykzqf · submitted 1999
If at first you don't succeed, try, and try again. Then give up. There's no sense in being a damned fool about it.
tiny.ag/yyswmzge · submitted 1997
If you're strong enough, there are no precedents.
tiny.ag/ykvnehgu · submitted 1997
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
tiny.ag/16klo0kt · submitted 1997
Whether you think that you can or that you can't, you are usually right.
tiny.ag/mydapq7x · submitted 1999 by Megan
To accomplish great things, you must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe.
tiny.ag/ezoktgw3 · submitted 1997
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
tiny.ag/bu9vryao · submitted 1997
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
tiny.ag/bx0vlces · submitted 1997
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.
Albert Einstein, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/2lhdnopk · submitted 1997
No man can get through me but through my act.
tiny.ag/oqp628a1 · submitted 1997
When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
tiny.ag/bpcdcqq7 · submitted 1997
Hitch your wagon to a star.
tiny.ag/renqzacv · submitted 1997
You're a genius if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning is electricity -- but you're an idiot if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning can kill you.
Unknown, (from Mad Magazine), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/tnfwhxlp · submitted 1997
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
tiny.ag/lc1buagj · submitted 1997
You cannot produce a baby in one month by impregnating nine women.
tiny.ag/gelcd01a · submitted 1997
You should emulate your heroes, but don't carry it too far. Especially if they are dead.
tiny.ag/qtbtjqxs · submitted 1997
You can't carve your way to success without cutting remarks.
tiny.ag/8ebocmyu · submitted 1997
Murphy's Law: If anything can go wrong, it will.
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