Success and Failure

It is said that the lonely eagle flies to the mountain peaks while the lowly ant crawls the ground, but cannot the soul of the ant soar as high as the eagle?

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It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

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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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Do not believe in miracles -- rely on them.

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

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It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

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It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.

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It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry.

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Imbesi's Law with Freeman's Extension: In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty; but you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean.

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

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Even if you aren't making money at your job, but doing something you love to do, you are a true success.

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

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

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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence -- and then success is sure.

Mark Twain, in Success and Failure

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

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

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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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Every solution breeds new problems.

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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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