Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 7 comments
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tiny.ag/i1bt6pjo · ★★☆☆ Fair (92 ratings) · submitted 1998 by Tim McGowan
I must catch up with the others, for I am their leader.
tiny.ag/tgov7yf4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (60 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
tiny.ag/wyl7j4bs · ★★☆☆ Fair (137 ratings) · submitted 1997
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
tiny.ag/hnbrayvq · ★★☆☆ Fair (76 ratings) · submitted 1997
When one is trying to do something beyond one's known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
tiny.ag/mwivhu4q · ★★☆☆ Fair (201 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Marty Milner
Modesty is the opium of the mediocre.
tiny.ag/ssgp4mwz · ★★☆☆ Fair (349 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down.
tiny.ag/av8bxdwe · ★★☆☆ Fair (54 ratings) · submitted 1997
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
tiny.ag/rvxpkbzw · ★★☆☆ Fair (57 ratings) · submitted 1997
The average person thinks he isn't.
tiny.ag/mtyfl0j1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (753 ratings) · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/enjckxg8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (45 ratings) · submitted 1997
Nothing very good or very bad lasts very long.
tiny.ag/ry72cat0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (256 ratings) · submitted 1997
There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
tiny.ag/zi6fgh0w · ★★☆☆ Fair (47 ratings) · submitted 1997
Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
tiny.ag/emt4aro3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (773 ratings) · submitted 1997
It's better to be an authentic loser than a false success, and to die alive than to live dead.
William Markiewicz, Extracts of Existence, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/okiuvldz · ★★☆☆ Fair (145 ratings) · submitted 1997
When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
tiny.ag/la8pw7kl · ★★☆☆ Fair (381 ratings) · submitted 1997
We have had an Imperial lesson; it may make us an Empire yet!
tiny.ag/1ywkwx4s · ★★☆☆ Fair (136 ratings) · submitted 1997
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
Henry Kissinger, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/boc0z1r2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (74 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.
tiny.ag/6wach9td · ★★☆☆ Fair (117 ratings) · submitted 1997
Pick battles big enough to matter, but small enough to win.
tiny.ag/4horecyq · ★★☆☆ Fair (57 ratings) · submitted 1997
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
tiny.ag/ecbydwuh · ★★☆☆ Fair (846 ratings) · submitted 1997
After spending many years in Wall Street and after making and losing millions of dollars I want to tell you this: It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting.
Edwin Lefèvre, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, in Success and Failure
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