Success and Failure

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport.

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Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant.

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Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.

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Strategy: A long-range plan whose merit cannot be evaluated until sometime after those creating it have left the organization.

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Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

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Perfection is only achieved on the point of collapse.

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Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

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The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.

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The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.

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The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.

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If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

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If I can be of any help, you're in worse trouble than I thought.

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I'd rather be rich than stupid.

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I wish I were what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.

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Hoare's Law of Large Problems: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

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Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you've got.

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God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.

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Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterwards.

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Ducharm's Axiom: If you view your problem closely enough you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.

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Even if you aren't making money at your job, but doing something you love to do, you are a true success.

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