Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/xts9pvd0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (99 ratings) · submitted 1997
Perfection is only achieved on the point of collapse.
Unknown, (from Bjarne Stroustrup's book on C++), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/zt1r3of5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (114 ratings) · submitted 1997
The chief cause of problems is solutions.
tiny.ag/rhjtfglc · ★★☆☆ Fair (110 ratings) · submitted 1997
The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
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/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/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/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/yojpg6ut · ★★☆☆ Fair (103 ratings) · submitted 1997
Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant.
tiny.ag/4wuke9ix · ★★☆☆ Fair (100 ratings) · submitted 1997
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.
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.
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/oxjpvl03 · ★★☆☆ Fair (89 ratings) · submitted 1997
Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.
tiny.ag/tkee56g3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.
tiny.ag/qwjktm2e · ★★☆☆ Fair (108 ratings) · submitted 1997
Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport.
tiny.ag/s1xthnqz · ★★☆☆ Fair (95 ratings) · submitted 1997
Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.
tiny.ag/5dmluv32 · ★★☆☆ Fair (24 ratings) · submitted 1997
Finagle's Fourth Law: Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.
tiny.ag/s45yjewi · ★★☆☆ Fair (21 ratings) · submitted 1997
God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.
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