Success and Failure

The last time you failed, did you stop trying because you failed -- or did you fail because you stopped trying?

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The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.

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The more you know, the less you need to show.

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The more you know, the less you think you know.

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The more you put into life, the less you will get.

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The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

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The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it.

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The chief cause of problems is solutions.

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Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed. Only those who never try, never fail.

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Measure twice because you can only cut once.

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Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.

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Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Lada.

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My hands are free, but my mind hesitates.

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Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.

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Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

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Non-Reciprocal Laws of Expectations: Negative expectations yield negative results. Positive expectations yield negative results.

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Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.

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Official Project Stages: (1) Uncritical Acceptance. (2) Wild Enthusiasm. (3) Dejected Disillusionment. (4) Total Confusion. (5) Search for the Guilty. (6) Punishment of the Innocent. (7) Promotion of the Non-participants.

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Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

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Silverman's Law: If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.

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