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Success and Failure

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tiny.ag/hhdwpvkc  ·  submitted 1997

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

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tiny.ag/y2wjstfn  ·  submitted 1997

The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.

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tiny.ag/ffrhkz8y  ·  submitted 1997

The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.

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tiny.ag/wvpojnsh  ·  submitted 1997

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

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tiny.ag/0dnzu8o7  ·  submitted 1997

Success is a journey, not a destination.

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tiny.ag/7tiaqkyk  ·  submitted 1997

Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

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tiny.ag/sm4gracz  ·  submitted 1997

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

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tiny.ag/oxjpvl03  ·  submitted 1997

Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.

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tiny.ag/yojpg6ut  ·  submitted 1997

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

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tiny.ag/xhom8dbn  ·  submitted 1997

Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed. Only those who never try, never fail.

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tiny.ag/iuvg5od2  ·  submitted 1997

A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected; a carefully planned project will take only twice as long.

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tiny.ag/27fahwgf  ·  submitted 1997

A computer can make as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working for 20 years.

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tiny.ag/ow0faywn  ·  submitted 1997

A conceited person never gets anywhere because he thinks he is already there.

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tiny.ag/6ldwnwhf  ·  submitted 1997

A day for firm decisions! Or is it?

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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.

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tiny.ag/aa3jqtel  ·  submitted 1997

Oliver's Law: Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

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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.

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tiny.ag/tkee56g3  ·  submitted 1997

Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.

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tiny.ag/p0z9jdbr  ·  submitted 1997

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

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