Success and Failure

If the odds are a million to one against something occurring, chances are 50-50 it will.

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If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.

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

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Do not believe in miracles -- rely on them.

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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 a blind pig in a blizzard finds an acorn once in a while.

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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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Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?

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Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.

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Every solution breeds new problems.

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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.

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Everything you do or say is public relations.

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

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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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Finagle's Fourth Law: Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.

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If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

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