Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/xuprbfr6 · submitted 1997
If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.
tiny.ag/yespcqa6 · submitted 1997
No pressure, no diamonds.
tiny.ag/koexwc3k · submitted 1997
Man is able to do what he is unable to imagine. His head trails a wake through the galaxy of the absurd.
tiny.ag/7tiaqkyk · submitted 1997
Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
tiny.ag/aa3jqtel · submitted 1997
Oliver's Law: Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
tiny.ag/z1irlfxp · submitted 1997
Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind.
tiny.ag/xhom8dbn · submitted 1997
Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed. Only those who never try, never fail.
tiny.ag/4wuke9ix · submitted 1997
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.
tiny.ag/xts9pvd0 · 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/d0mk6ixb · submitted 1997
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
tiny.ag/n6uw7frr · submitted 1997
The last time you failed, did you stop trying because you failed -- or did you fail because you stopped trying?
tiny.ag/zoapng08 · submitted 1997
The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.
tiny.ag/qdve785j · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you need to show.
tiny.ag/5wcgbb1a · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you think you know.
tiny.ag/wj0czhzk · submitted 1997
The more you put into life, the less you will get.
tiny.ag/31pmzh6f · submitted 1997
The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.
tiny.ag/tglvjgxa · submitted 1997
The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it.
tiny.ag/eoiuzgcy · submitted 1997
The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it.
tiny.ag/juykxd68 · submitted 1997
The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/hhdwpvkc · submitted 1997
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.
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