Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/vhuaqm1e · submitted 1997
If you do what you've always done, you'll be what you've always been.
tiny.ag/t2ay3kb5 · submitted 1997
If you see a turtle on a fence post, he has had some help.
tiny.ag/u1iblda0 · submitted 1997
It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry.
tiny.ag/d4uzlrvm · submitted 1997
It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.
tiny.ag/uc5f23qi · submitted 1997
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
tiny.ag/xqe7yfma · submitted 1997
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
tiny.ag/2wniecpg · submitted 1997
It is said that the lonely eagle flies to the mountain peaks while the lowly ant crawls the ground, but cannot the soul of the ant soar as high as the eagle?
tiny.ag/pe3wjdh9 · submitted 1997
Jenkinson's Law: It won't work.
tiny.ag/xnqzybth · submitted 1997
Johnson's First Law: When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.
tiny.ag/0raepug8 · submitted 1997
Jones' Law: The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.
tiny.ag/rhb5ylek · submitted 1997
Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterwards.
tiny.ag/jh8e0mpv · submitted 1997
Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.
tiny.ag/5dmluv32 · submitted 1997
Finagle's Fourth Law: Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.
tiny.ag/s45yjewi · submitted 1997
God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.
tiny.ag/vdu1almu · submitted 1997
Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
tiny.ag/pyo8tp7v · submitted 1997
Every solution breeds new problems.
tiny.ag/5vltvcdk · submitted 1997
Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
tiny.ag/k4nebyuf · submitted 1999 by Austin Holmes
Even if you aren't making money at your job, but doing something you love to do, you are a true success.
tiny.ag/no2pawla · submitted 1997
Do not believe in miracles -- rely on them.
tiny.ag/ifmh7qzv · submitted 1997
Everything you do or say is public relations.
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