Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/ajoczguy · submitted 1997
Usually, if you're calling any shots at all, you're not eating worms.
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes (the Susie Derkins character), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/6ldwnwhf · submitted 1997
A day for firm decisions! Or is it?
tiny.ag/u05c2aqo · submitted 1997
Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.
Unknown, (motto of the Dutch Poet's Society), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/5wea9qlk · submitted 1997
If I traveled to the end of the rainbow
As Dame Fortune did intend,
Murphy would be there to tell me
The pot's at the other end.
tiny.ag/aa3jqtel · submitted 1997
Oliver's Law: Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
tiny.ag/z1irlfxp · submitted 1997
Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind.
tiny.ag/xhom8dbn · submitted 1997
Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed. Only those who never try, never fail.
tiny.ag/hnbrayvq · submitted 1997
When one is trying to do something beyond one's known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
tiny.ag/mwivhu4q · submitted 1999 by Marty Milner
Modesty is the opium of the mediocre.
tiny.ag/ssgp4mwz · submitted 1997
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down.
tiny.ag/9nbvii3g · submitted 1997
Don't think, just do.
tiny.ag/ndscvllq · submitted 1997
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
tiny.ag/m5vupi74 · submitted 1997
When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. -- they'll find something.
tiny.ag/6wplp1s3 · submitted 1997
We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve.
tiny.ag/5r2sagdx · submitted 1997
To hit bottom is to fall from grace.
tiny.ag/ka7fkx9f · submitted 1997
To buy happiness is to sell soul.
tiny.ag/s4bygqtn · submitted 1997
The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.
tiny.ag/impebxsb · submitted 1997
Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.
tiny.ag/zv26ipgu · submitted 1997
Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you.
tiny.ag/jlevctud · submitted 1997
Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.
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