Success and Failure

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

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Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.

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My hands are free, but my mind hesitates.

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Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Lada.

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Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.

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Measure twice because you can only cut once.

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Life's a bitch, and then she has puppies.

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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

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

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Jenkinson's Law: It won't work.

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

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Any small object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.

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Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

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Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.

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Anyone who uses the phrase "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried taking candy from a baby.

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Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.

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Boren's Laws: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.

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Boob's Law: You always find something in the last place you look.

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