Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/ffrhkz8y · submitted 1997
The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
tiny.ag/y2wjstfn · submitted 1997
The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.
tiny.ag/rhjtfglc · submitted 1997
The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
tiny.ag/zt1r3of5 · submitted 1997
The chief cause of problems is solutions.
tiny.ag/i1mqw56v · submitted 1997
The future belongs to those who dare.
tiny.ag/cajbytn9 · submitted 1997
The greatest thing man can create is himself.
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/5wcgbb1a · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you think you know.
tiny.ag/tp4xrqcg · submitted 1997
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.
tiny.ag/pb2gjrze · submitted 1997
To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.
tiny.ag/r3bhbgos · submitted 1997
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
tiny.ag/uijwr4e3 · submitted 1997
To err is human, to forgive unusual.
tiny.ag/hhdwpvkc · submitted 1997
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.
tiny.ag/uxknfqoq · submitted 1997
Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/tbra32py · submitted 1997
Use soft words and hard arguments.
tiny.ag/hzol4xrd · submitted 1997
Watch for big problems; they disguise big opportunities.
tiny.ag/k41czawu · submitted 1997
Weiler's Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
tiny.ag/mnjs1wvi · submitted 1997
There are people who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened.
tiny.ag/31pmzh6f · submitted 1997
The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.
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