Success and Failure

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

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

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

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

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To err is human, to forgive unusual.

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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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Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.

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Every solution breeds new problems.

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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.

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Everything you do or say is public relations.

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Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterwards.

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Finagle's Fourth Law: Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.

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