Success and Failure
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tiny.ag/t9jmvbpa · ★★☆☆ Fair (178 ratings) · submitted 1997
A witty saying proves nothing.
tiny.ag/30roecxw · ★★☆☆ Fair (80 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
tiny.ag/cgb5omnm · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
They are able because they think they are able.
tiny.ag/n3oab9iu · ★★☆☆ Fair (65 ratings) · submitted 1997
The biggest things are always the easiest to do because there is no competition.
tiny.ag/h5blv72l · ★★☆☆ Fair (133 ratings) · submitted 1997
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
tiny.ag/7kxpl9yw · ★★☆☆ Fair (342 ratings) · submitted 1997
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence -- and then success is sure.
tiny.ag/6ksjcdo8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
tiny.ag/wb5d0s4b · ★★☆☆ Fair (64 ratings) · submitted 1997
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
tiny.ag/uetklpkx · ★★☆☆ Fair (260 ratings) · submitted 1997
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power of the greatest obstacle.
tiny.ag/kfrp7mf8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (44 ratings) · submitted 1997
Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.
tiny.ag/1kqijph2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (54 ratings) · submitted 1997
When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.
tiny.ag/xajujcev · ★★☆☆ Fair (41 ratings) · submitted 1997
Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
tiny.ag/yxd6qmth · ★★☆☆ Fair (33 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
tiny.ag/s2pjkz1e · ★★☆☆ Fair (49 ratings) · submitted 1997
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/3dgnw9ta · ★★☆☆ Fair (35 ratings) · submitted 1997
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.
tiny.ag/5hbi0ras · ★★☆☆ Fair (37 ratings) · submitted 1997
Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.
David Summers, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/15hrdjm4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (472 ratings) · submitted 1997
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
tiny.ag/wk0s75et · ★★☆☆ Fair (58 ratings) · submitted 1997
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened, it won't last.
tiny.ag/hxz4udr0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (171 ratings) · submitted 1997
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
tiny.ag/xw6wlcfo · ★★☆☆ Fair (70 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life's a bitch, and life's got lots of sisters.
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