Success and Failure

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

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The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train. [Select]

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The more you know, the less you need to show. [Select]

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The more you know, the less you think you know. [Select]

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The more you put into life, the less you will get. [Select]

Unknown {Also in: Vice and Virtue}

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action. [Select]

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The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it. [Select]

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The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it. [Select]

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The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe. [Select]

Unknown (Russian proverb)

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was. [Select]

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There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful. [Select]

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There are people who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened. [Select]

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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. [Select]

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To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and whatever you hit, call it the target. [Select]

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

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To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer. [Select]

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To err is human, to forgive unusual. [Select]

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To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent. [Select]

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Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance. [Select]

Unknown {Also in: Life and Death}

Use soft words and hard arguments. [Select]

Unknown {Also in: Wisdom and Ignorance}

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