Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/emt4aro3 · submitted 1997
It's better to be an authentic loser than a false success, and to die alive than to live dead.
William Markiewicz, Extracts of Existence, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/zi6fgh0w · submitted 1997
Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
tiny.ag/pdvztxjj · submitted 1997
You can run with the big dogs or sit on the porch and bark.
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/ry72cat0 · submitted 1997
There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
tiny.ag/enjckxg8 · submitted 1997
Nothing very good or very bad lasts very long.
tiny.ag/mtyfl0j1 · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/rvxpkbzw · submitted 1997
The average person thinks he isn't.
tiny.ag/0aw3r6zu · submitted 1999
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
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/ykvnehgu · submitted 1997
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
tiny.ag/16klo0kt · submitted 1997
Whether you think that you can or that you can't, you are usually right.
tiny.ag/mydapq7x · submitted 1999 by Megan
To accomplish great things, you must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe.
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/4horecyq · submitted 1997
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
tiny.ag/nvfl7j9k · submitted 1997
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
tiny.ag/ogrpomi2 · submitted 1997
Spel chekers, hoo neeeds em?
tiny.ag/gdmyudjb · submitted 1997
It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give up because by that time I was too famous.
tiny.ag/gwiaxqqe · submitted 1997
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
tiny.ag/4ocga7zg · submitted 1997
I have made mistakes, but have never made the mistake of claiming I never made one.
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