Aphorisms Galore!

Submissions

These aphorisms have been submitted by users but are not (yet) included in the official collection.

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tiny.ag/ey7unqvd  ·  submitted 2013 by dadeo171

The value of accomplishment is determined by the time it saves and not the time it takes to complete

Author Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/2wm6ocvn  ·  submitted 2013 by dadeo171

If I don't understand, don't tell me what I don't understand, tell me why.

Author Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/ir1ujoqe  ·  submitted 2013 by dadeo171

righteous acts excuse no opposite

Author Unknown, in Science and Religion

tiny.ag/xrtqulfz  ·  submitted 2013

Life sucks, but at least it's temporary.

Unknown

tiny.ag/tivsk59c  ·  submitted 2013

Speed is energy conservation

Author Unknown

tiny.ag/3qm7bahx  ·  submitted 2013

If you're ugly, then vail
not your eyes, but your veil.

Author Unknown, in Men and Women and Success and Failure

tiny.ag/tyw3qz2n  ·  submitted 2013 by bogglemost

status is like a car. you need something to drive it on.

bogglemost, in Wealth and Poverty and Altruism and Cynicism

tiny.ag/ga3dmfvk  ·  submitted 2013 by bogglemost

if you believe in hell, you are already there.

bogglemost, in Science and Religion and Love and Hate

tiny.ag/zlmhupi9  ·  submitted 2013

Obstacles are those frightful things you see, "when you take your eyes off your goals."

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/g09cvcuq  ·  submitted 2013 by 801137

really gets my goat

Unknown

tiny.ag/fnxvlbaw  ·  submitted 2013

It is What It is.

Unknown

tiny.ag/wopo2vmy  ·  submitted 2013

Just because you come from underneath a rock, doesn't mean you have to be stuck in a hard place.

Author Unknown

tiny.ag/6ktjk4pg  ·  submitted 2013

If you've already accepted that you're going down in flames, you might as well throw in a few fireworks.

Author Unknown, written 10/12/12, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Altruism and Cynicism

tiny.ag/lyxihsj6  ·  submitted 2013 by tedsaphorisms

The day the deal blows up, is the night you get the steak!

Author Unknown, Helps remind you that your successful., in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty

tiny.ag/m8c0v21o  ·  submitted 2013 by 469377116

Barely, I can say to myself, "I'm so tired," but never in my heart admitted "I can not."

Unknown, This aphorism is translated from Chinese., in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/tuvnoz0g  ·  submitted 2013

without storms there would be no rainbows

Unknown

tiny.ag/u6vxepwz  ·  submitted 2013 by Tumblebug

It is not the size of your bucket that matters, it is the number of trips you make to the well.

Unknown

tiny.ag/n7hcemqd  ·  submitted 2013 by Tumblebug

Enthusiasm is easy to build but hard to maintain.

Author Unknown

tiny.ag/gbrpj7th  ·  submitted 2013 by CroEater

His ears heard more than was said to him and his slow speech had overtones, not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.

John Steinbeck, in Wisdom and Ignorance and War and Peace

tiny.ag/8veukzfm  ·  submitted 2013 by CroEater

His ears heard more than was said to him and his slow speech had overtones, not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.

John Steinbeck, From his novel, Of Mice and Men, about Slim., in Wisdom and Ignorance and War and Peace

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