Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/ow0faywn · submitted 1997
A conceited person never gets anywhere because he thinks he is already there.
tiny.ag/6ldwnwhf · submitted 1997
A day for firm decisions! Or is it?
tiny.ag/u05c2aqo · submitted 1997
Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.
Unknown, (motto of the Dutch Poet's Society), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/oumhmbbr · submitted 1997
Official Project Stages: (1) Uncritical Acceptance. (2) Wild Enthusiasm. (3) Dejected Disillusionment. (4) Total Confusion. (5) Search for the Guilty. (6) Punishment of the Innocent. (7) Promotion of the Non-participants.
tiny.ag/aa3jqtel · submitted 1997
Oliver's Law: Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
tiny.ag/z1irlfxp · submitted 1997
Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind.
tiny.ag/varfwyts · submitted 1997
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
tiny.ag/e97mpzt2 · submitted 1997
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.
tiny.ag/xuprbfr6 · submitted 1997
If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.
tiny.ag/yespcqa6 · submitted 1997
No pressure, no diamonds.
tiny.ag/koexwc3k · submitted 1997
Man is able to do what he is unable to imagine. His head trails a wake through the galaxy of the absurd.
tiny.ag/oxoy2gsu · submitted 1997
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
tiny.ag/p7nfwxgq · submitted 1997
Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.
tiny.ag/950guyxd · submitted 1997
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
tiny.ag/pxbmzdh5 · submitted 1997
Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it.
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
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