Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/w3vp1iki · submitted 1997
Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Lada.
tiny.ag/xe17luio · submitted 1997
My hands are free, but my mind hesitates.
tiny.ag/zoq7mjnx · submitted 1997
Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.
tiny.ag/6bpzcbnv · submitted 1997
Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.
tiny.ag/ovsgddqq · submitted 1997
Non-Reciprocal Laws of Expectations: Negative expectations yield negative results. Positive expectations yield negative results.
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/qhi9mj1t · submitted 1997
Wethern's Law: Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
tiny.ag/jlmjkna4 · submitted 1997
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
tiny.ag/wlihbcon · submitted 1997
"It can't happen here" is number 1 on the list of famous last words.
tiny.ag/uqvndhdp · submitted 1997
Become addicted to constant and neverending self-improvement.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/zan4dyde · submitted 1997
Don't fear change -- embrace it.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/k5r69m8l · submitted 1997
Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/lasqyfqt · submitted 1997
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
tiny.ag/t8hgtc1d · submitted 1997
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
W. Edwards Deming, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/xiwdsjg7 · submitted 1997
Hard reality has a way of cramping your style.
tiny.ag/uyr1lndu · submitted 1997
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
tiny.ag/slwohzjt · submitted 1997
It's kinda fun to do the impossible.
tiny.ag/xgpm1arf · submitted 1999
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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