Success and Failure

Jenkinson's Law: It won't work.

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Johnson's First Law: When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.

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Jones' Law: The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

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Law of Probability Dispersal: Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

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We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

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

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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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Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you've got.

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

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Everything you do or say is public relations.

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Ducharm's Axiom: If you view your problem closely enough you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.

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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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Do not believe in miracles -- rely on them.

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

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

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Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.

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

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Even a blind pig in a blizzard finds an acorn once in a while.

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