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/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/tbra32py · ★★☆☆ Fair (306 ratings) · submitted 1997
Use soft words and hard arguments.
tiny.ag/hzol4xrd · ★★☆☆ Fair (171 ratings) · submitted 1997
Watch for big problems; they disguise big opportunities.
tiny.ag/k41czawu · ★★☆☆ Fair (198 ratings) · submitted 1997
Weiler's Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
tiny.ag/qhi9mj1t · ★★☆☆ Fair (146 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wethern's Law: Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
tiny.ag/jlmjkna4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (165 ratings) · submitted 1997
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
tiny.ag/xjrw4zcp · ★★☆☆ Fair (187 ratings) · submitted 1997
While anyone can admit to themselves they were wrong, the true test is admission to someone else.
tiny.ag/uxknfqoq · ★★☆☆ Fair (358 ratings) · submitted 1997
Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/1iteoxru · ★★☆☆ Fair (269 ratings) · submitted 1997
The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.
tiny.ag/sm4gracz · ★★☆☆ Fair (97 ratings) · submitted 1997
Strategy: A long-range plan whose merit cannot be evaluated until sometime after those creating it have left the organization.
tiny.ag/y2wjstfn · ★★☆☆ Fair (286 ratings) · submitted 1997
The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.
tiny.ag/ffrhkz8y · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · submitted 1997
The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
tiny.ag/wvpojnsh · ★★☆☆ Fair (100 ratings) · submitted 1997
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
tiny.ag/0dnzu8o7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (86 ratings) · submitted 1997
Success is a journey, not a destination.
tiny.ag/7tiaqkyk · ★★☆☆ Fair (83 ratings) · submitted 1997
Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
tiny.ag/jb6usc1h · ★★☆☆ Fair (102 ratings) · submitted 1997
Reach for the moon and if you miss at least you will land among the stars.
tiny.ag/p0z9jdbr · ★★☆☆ Fair (101 ratings) · submitted 1997
Silverman's Law: If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.
tiny.ag/tkee56g3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.
tiny.ag/rcehbv9s · ★★☆☆ Fair (97 ratings) · submitted 1997
Putt's Law: Technology is dominated by two types of people: Those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
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