Success and Failure

Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?

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Every solution breeds new problems.

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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.

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Everything you do or say is public relations.

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Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterwards.

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Finagle's Fourth Law: Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.

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God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.

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Hoare's Law of Large Problems: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

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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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Watch for big problems; they disguise big opportunities.

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Use soft words and hard arguments.

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If you see a turtle on a fence post, he has had some help.

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If you do what you've always done, you'll be what you've always been.

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If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.

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If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

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If the odds are a million to one against something occurring, chances are 50-50 it will.

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I wish I were what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.

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If I can be of any help, you're in worse trouble than I thought.

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If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.

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I'd rather be rich than stupid.

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