Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/hdkst9q4 · submitted 1997
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
tiny.ag/lmbiznpc · submitted 1997
It's not over until it's over.
tiny.ag/tmknh1db · submitted 1997
99% of the game is half mental.
tiny.ag/4ocga7zg · submitted 1997
I have made mistakes, but have never made the mistake of claiming I never made one.
tiny.ag/gwiaxqqe · submitted 1997
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
tiny.ag/ogrpomi2 · submitted 1997
Spel chekers, hoo neeeds em?
tiny.ag/u5mb79tw · submitted 1997
Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.
James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/ifr4pyih · submitted 1997
Prophecy is many times the principal cause of the events foretold.
Thomas Hobbes, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/uhmdmobz · submitted 1997
As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep your eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole!
tiny.ag/wpy86lpb · submitted 1997
Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.
tiny.ag/pgsxbect · submitted 1998
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it's been though a blender first.
Les Barker, An Infinite Number of Occasional Tables, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/rxjp4mey · submitted 1997
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
tiny.ag/xjrw4zcp · submitted 1997
While anyone can admit to themselves they were wrong, the true test is admission to someone else.
tiny.ag/gpnuvt0q · submitted 1997
You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.
tiny.ag/qtbtjqxs · submitted 1997
You can't carve your way to success without cutting remarks.
tiny.ag/f65xdmkd · submitted 1997
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.
tiny.ag/epdarexm · submitted 1999 by Jim Mueller
I wish I were what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.
tiny.ag/stfdm53a · submitted 1997
If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.
tiny.ag/tnfwhxlp · submitted 1997
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
tiny.ag/jlmjkna4 · submitted 1997
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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