Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/hhdwpvkc · ★★☆☆ Fair (182 ratings) · submitted 1997
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.
tiny.ag/uijwr4e3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (221 ratings) · submitted 1997
To err is human, to forgive unusual.
tiny.ag/r3bhbgos · ★★☆☆ Fair (192 ratings) · submitted 1997
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
tiny.ag/pb2gjrze · ★★☆☆ Fair (179 ratings) · submitted 1997
To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.
tiny.ag/tp4xrqcg · ★★☆☆ Fair (113 ratings) · submitted 1997
There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.
tiny.ag/mnjs1wvi · ★★☆☆ Fair (108 ratings) · submitted 1997
There are people who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened.
tiny.ag/yevckcm5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (124 ratings) · submitted 1997
There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful.
tiny.ag/d0mk6ixb · ★★☆☆ Fair (129 ratings) · submitted 1997
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
tiny.ag/hdkst9q4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (445 ratings) · 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/lmbiznpc · ★★☆☆ Fair (371 ratings) · submitted 1997
It's not over until it's over.
tiny.ag/opp6altk · ★★☆☆ Fair (680 ratings) · submitted 1997
Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Love and Hate and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/wj0czhzk · ★★☆☆ Fair (249 ratings) · submitted 1997
The more you put into life, the less you will get.
tiny.ag/n6uw7frr · ★★☆☆ Fair (142 ratings) · submitted 1997
The last time you failed, did you stop trying because you failed -- or did you fail because you stopped trying?
tiny.ag/zoapng08 · ★★☆☆ Fair (176 ratings) · submitted 1997
The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.
tiny.ag/qdve785j · ★★☆☆ Fair (109 ratings) · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you need to show.
tiny.ag/5wcgbb1a · ★★☆☆ Fair (94 ratings) · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you think you know.
tiny.ag/tglvjgxa · ★★☆☆ Fair (128 ratings) · submitted 1997
The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it.
tiny.ag/eoiuzgcy · ★★☆☆ Fair (107 ratings) · submitted 1997
The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it.
tiny.ag/juykxd68 · ★★☆☆ Fair (105 ratings) · submitted 1997
The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/31pmzh6f · ★★☆☆ Fair (124 ratings) · submitted 1997
The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.
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