Success and Failure

The more you put into life, the less you will get.

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The more you know, the less you think you know.

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The more you know, the less you need to show.

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The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.

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To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.

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To err is human, to forgive unusual.

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To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.

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Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.

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Use soft words and hard arguments.

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Watch for big problems; they disguise big opportunities.

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Weiler's Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.

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Wethern's Law: Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.

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Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

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Success is a journey, not a destination.

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Putt's Law: Technology is dominated by two types of people: Those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.

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Reach for the moon and if you miss at least you will land among the stars.

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Silverman's Law: If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.

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Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.

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Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant.

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Strategy: A long-range plan whose merit cannot be evaluated until sometime after those creating it have left the organization.

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