Success and Failure

The greatest thing man can create is himself.

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

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To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

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There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.

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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

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If I can be of any help, you're in worse trouble than I thought.

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If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

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

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

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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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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.

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Perfection is only achieved on the point of collapse.

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People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.

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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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Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind.

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Oliver's Law: Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

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Law of Probability Dispersal: Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

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Johnson's First Law: When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.

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Jones' Law: The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

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Reach for the moon and if you miss at least you will land among the stars.

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