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Success and Failure

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tiny.ag/r3bhbgos  ·  submitted 1997

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

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tiny.ag/pb2gjrze  ·  submitted 1997

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

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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/u05c2aqo  ·  submitted 1997

Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.

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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/2kneov7h  ·  submitted 1997

Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.

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tiny.ag/1iteoxru  ·  submitted 1997

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.

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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/dm6wz1hm  ·  submitted 1997

By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task completely overwhelm you.

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tiny.ag/4wuke9ix  ·  submitted 1997

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.

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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/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/znt3vhbp  ·  submitted 1997

DeVries' Dilemma: If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper.

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tiny.ag/7a4ntqxo  ·  submitted 1997

Cox's Philosophy: Life's a bitch, and then you die.

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tiny.ag/nz2qcagl  ·  submitted 1997

Cheer up! Things are getting worse at a slower rate.

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tiny.ag/odgzoipj  ·  submitted 1997

Boob's Law: You always find something in the last place you look.

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tiny.ag/lmtj5cfu  ·  submitted 1997

Blessed are those who expect nothing... for they will not be disappointed.

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tiny.ag/kbikw1yt  ·  submitted 1997

Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.

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