Success and Failure

Any small object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.

Confucius, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task completely overwhelm you.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Bradley's Bromide: If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Boren's Laws: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Boob's Law: You always find something in the last place you look.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Blessed are the meek for they shall inhibit the earth.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Blessed are those who expect nothing... for they will not be disappointed.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

Aesop, in Happiness and Misery and Success and Failure

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.

Abraham Maslow, in Success and Failure

I have made mistakes, but have never made the mistake of claiming I never made one.

James G. Bennet, in Success and Failure

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give up because by that time I was too famous.

Peter Benchley, in Success and Failure

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Ludwig van Beethoven, in Success and Failure

Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.

Russell Banks, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

Truth comes out of error more easily than out of confusion.

Francis Bacon, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure

As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep your eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole!

Murray Banks, in Success and Failure

Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.

James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan, in Success and Failure