Success and Failure

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

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The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.

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The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.

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The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.

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The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.

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Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

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Success is a journey, not a destination.

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Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

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Strategy: A long-range plan whose merit cannot be evaluated until sometime after those creating it have left the organization.

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Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.

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Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant.

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Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport.

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Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.

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Life's a bitch, and then she has puppies.

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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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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

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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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Measure twice because you can only cut once.

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Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.

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