Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/y2wjstfn · submitted 1997
The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.
tiny.ag/1iteoxru · submitted 1997
The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.
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/qdve785j · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you need to show.
tiny.ag/5wcgbb1a · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you think you know.
tiny.ag/wj0czhzk · submitted 1997
The more you put into life, the less you will get.
tiny.ag/31pmzh6f · submitted 1997
The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.
tiny.ag/xqe7yfma · submitted 1997
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
tiny.ag/2wniecpg · submitted 1997
It is said that the lonely eagle flies to the mountain peaks while the lowly ant crawls the ground, but cannot the soul of the ant soar as high as the eagle?
tiny.ag/pe3wjdh9 · submitted 1997
Jenkinson's Law: It won't work.
tiny.ag/xnqzybth · submitted 1997
Johnson's First Law: When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.
tiny.ag/0raepug8 · submitted 1997
Jones' Law: The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.
tiny.ag/jaktd8ze · submitted 1997
Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
tiny.ag/pcn2zosg · submitted 1997
Law of Probability Dispersal: Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
tiny.ag/ckyj1g65 · submitted 1997
Life's a bitch, and then she has puppies.
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