Success and Failure

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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You are not what you think you are, you are not what they think you are, but you could be what you think they think you are.

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While anyone can admit to themselves they were wrong, the true test is admission to someone else.

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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

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

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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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You can't carve your way to success without cutting remarks.

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

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

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

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

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Success is a journey, not a destination.

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

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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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Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.

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Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

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Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport.

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