Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/vjl9ro7i · submitted 1997
Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.
tiny.ag/dlqoy9f3 · submitted 1997
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke, Technology and the Future, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/cf7uraml · submitted 1997
Intelligence is nothing without delight.
tiny.ag/rxx8g4si · submitted 1997
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
tiny.ag/9einaqki · submitted 1997
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Jean Cocteau, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/r5b2304k · submitted 1997
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
tiny.ag/nms3wmpx · submitted 1997
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
tiny.ag/shpmv1fs · submitted 1997
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.
tiny.ag/dvyytf1b · submitted 1997
No one really knows enough to be a pessimist.
tiny.ag/y5vkzeae · submitted 1997
An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.
Stephen R. Covey, Principle-Centered Leadership, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/60xih5fm · submitted 1997
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
tiny.ag/u9pdixbi · submitted 1997
He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.
Bessie Stanley, in Happiness and Misery and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/of4kcoqn · submitted 1997
There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.
tiny.ag/ki5uq3ph · submitted 1997
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
tiny.ag/axmb1ikq · submitted 1997
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
tiny.ag/8qrwy5es · submitted 1997
Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.
tiny.ag/0jnrf9e2 · submitted 1997
Nothing good ever ends.
tiny.ag/6ntlf03d · submitted 1997
No one has ever bet enough on a winning horse.
tiny.ag/euochyxn · submitted 1997
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.
Daniel Schorr, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/zmkoye6d · submitted 1997
Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well. Think about it.
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