Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/ezoktgw3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (196 ratings) · submitted 1997
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
tiny.ag/2lhdnopk · ★★☆☆ Fair (213 ratings) · submitted 1997
No man can get through me but through my act.
tiny.ag/bpcdcqq7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (553 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hitch your wagon to a star.
tiny.ag/oqp628a1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (64 ratings) · submitted 1997
When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
tiny.ag/bu9vryao · ★★☆☆ Fair (131 ratings) · submitted 1997
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
tiny.ag/bx0vlces · ★★☆☆ Fair (323 ratings) · submitted 1997
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.
Albert Einstein, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/pyfjvpn5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (79 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
tiny.ag/hvtbkoet · ★★☆☆ Fair (32 ratings) · submitted 1997
When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong -- or you are absolutely right.
tiny.ag/sk2lr8ad · ★★☆☆ Fair (77 ratings) · submitted 1997
We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
tiny.ag/he6rec8v · ★★☆☆ Fair (842 ratings) · submitted 1997
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
tiny.ag/jvo6jzxe · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · submitted 1997
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
tiny.ag/orx9er1h · ★★☆☆ Fair (383 ratings) · submitted 1997
The wind and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
tiny.ag/py5syczo · ★★☆☆ Fair (19 ratings) · submitted 1997
Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.
tiny.ag/wlbk96e3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (238 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
J. Paul Getty, in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty
tiny.ag/zdvgyvsm · ★★☆☆ Fair (256 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
tiny.ag/4xolnjrp · ★★☆☆ Fair (502 ratings) · submitted 1997
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/mgtvsjqa · ★★☆☆ Fair (415 ratings) · submitted 1997
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Alva Edison, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/knpetbhm · ★★☆☆ Fair (59 ratings) · submitted 1997
There's no success like failure, And failure's no success at all.
Bob Dylan, "Love Minus Zero/No Limit", in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/uqvndhdp · ★★☆☆ Fair (901 ratings) · submitted 1997
Become addicted to constant and neverending self-improvement.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/wlihbcon · ★★☆☆ Fair (87 ratings) · submitted 1997
"It can't happen here" is number 1 on the list of famous last words.
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