Success and Failure

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

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

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

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

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To err is human, to forgive unusual.

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You are not what you think you are, you are not what they think you are, but you could be what you think they think you are.

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While anyone can admit to themselves they were wrong, the true test is admission to someone else.

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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

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Wethern's Law: Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.

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Weiler's Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.

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Watch for big problems; they disguise big opportunities.

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Use soft words and hard arguments.

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Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.

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

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

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

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

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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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My hands are free, but my mind hesitates.

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