Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/shpmv1fs · ★★☆☆ Fair (323 ratings) · submitted 1997
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.
tiny.ag/nms3wmpx · ★★☆☆ Fair (63 ratings) · submitted 1997
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
tiny.ag/r5b2304k · ★★☆☆ Fair (85 ratings) · submitted 1997
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
tiny.ag/9einaqki · ★★☆☆ Fair (137 ratings) · submitted 1997
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Jean Cocteau, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/rxx8g4si · ★★☆☆ Fair (67 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
tiny.ag/cf7uraml · ★★☆☆ Fair (59 ratings) · submitted 1997
Intelligence is nothing without delight.
tiny.ag/oxoy2gsu · ★★☆☆ Fair (480 ratings) · submitted 1997
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
tiny.ag/p7nfwxgq · ★★☆☆ Fair (455 ratings) · submitted 1997
Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.
tiny.ag/950guyxd · ★★☆☆ Fair (479 ratings) · submitted 1997
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
tiny.ag/pxbmzdh5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (255 ratings) · submitted 1997
Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it.
tiny.ag/vjl9ro7i · ★★☆☆ Fair (63 ratings) · submitted 1997
Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.
tiny.ag/dlqoy9f3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (93 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke, Technology and the Future, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/jro1ckeb · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.
tiny.ag/qv5khfql · ★★☆☆ Fair (246 ratings) · submitted 1997
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Werner von Braun, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/rsmenqfu · ★★☆☆ Fair (1047 ratings) · submitted 1997
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and whatever you hit, call it the target.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/aodtqiq7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (966 ratings) · submitted 1997
Inform all the troops that communications have completely broken down.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/4t1buvks · ★★☆☆ Fair (1278 ratings) · submitted 1997
I don't have any solution but I certainly admire the problem.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/vv4beyfe · ★★☆☆ Fair (974 ratings) · submitted 1997
All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/hobsgyde · ★★☆☆ Fair (343 ratings) · submitted 1997
Why be a man when you can be a success?
tiny.ag/cya9lpyt · ★★☆☆ Fair (77 ratings) · submitted 1997
He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.
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