Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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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/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/eoiuzgcy · ★★☆☆ Fair (107 ratings) · submitted 1997
The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it.
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/31pmzh6f · ★★☆☆ Fair (124 ratings) · submitted 1997
The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.
tiny.ag/wj0czhzk · ★★☆☆ Fair (249 ratings) · submitted 1997
The more you put into life, the less you will get.
tiny.ag/nvfl7j9k · ★★☆☆ Fair (522 ratings) · 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/kiehwrll · ★★☆☆ Fair (673 ratings) · submitted 1997
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
tiny.ag/shbtdjjo · ★★☆☆ Fair (230 ratings) · submitted 1997
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
tiny.ag/ljsjuhkx · ★★☆☆ Fair (826 ratings) · submitted 1997
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/eswahi1x · ★★☆☆ Fair (200 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
tiny.ag/iyraxvda · ★★☆☆ Fair (365 ratings) · submitted 1997
Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commision.
tiny.ag/pdvztxjj · ★★☆☆ Fair (149 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can run with the big dogs or sit on the porch and bark.
tiny.ag/zsgksyjo · ★★☆☆ Fair (316 ratings) · submitted 1997
Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.
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