Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/t9lhndlz · submitted 1997
A winner never quits -- a quitter never wins.
tiny.ag/6nolsedp · submitted 1997
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
tiny.ag/5hnyq46s · submitted 1997
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
tiny.ag/8aevknh4 · submitted 1999
A ship doesn't travel far in a calm sea.
tiny.ag/d75fswen · submitted 1998 by William F. Light
Don't let fear stop you.
William F. Light, (to someone threatening to knock him out), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/xw6wlcfo · submitted 1997
Life's a bitch, and life's got lots of sisters.
tiny.ag/z9mjngin · submitted 1997
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Plato, The Republic, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/lpeqizys · submitted 1997
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
tiny.ag/koexwc3k · submitted 1997
Man is able to do what he is unable to imagine. His head trails a wake through the galaxy of the absurd.
tiny.ag/r5b2304k · submitted 1997
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
tiny.ag/oxoy2gsu · submitted 1997
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
tiny.ag/p7nfwxgq · submitted 1997
Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.
tiny.ag/950guyxd · submitted 1997
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
tiny.ag/pxbmzdh5 · submitted 1997
Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it.
tiny.ag/vjl9ro7i · submitted 1997
Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.
tiny.ag/dlqoy9f3 · submitted 1997
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke, Technology and the Future, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/ecbydwuh · submitted 1997
After spending many years in Wall Street and after making and losing millions of dollars I want to tell you this: It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting.
Edwin Lefèvre, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/4ow5sbvj · submitted 1997
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
tiny.ag/dxbh08ml · submitted 1997
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
tiny.ag/d6nssfxi · submitted 1997
Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women.
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