Success and Failure
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tiny.ag/pdvztxjj · ★★☆☆ Fair (149 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can run with the big dogs or sit on the porch and bark.
tiny.ag/shbtdjjo · ★★☆☆ Fair (230 ratings) · submitted 1997
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
tiny.ag/ljsjuhkx · ★★☆☆ Fair (826 ratings) · submitted 1997
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/kgnv53qx · ★★☆☆ Fair (3070 ratings) · submitted 1997
Truth comes out of error more easily than out of confusion.
Francis Bacon, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/uhmdmobz · ★★☆☆ Fair (3116 ratings) · submitted 1997
As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep your eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole!
tiny.ag/wpy86lpb · ★★☆☆ Fair (881 ratings) · submitted 1997
Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.
tiny.ag/0csjlftm · ★★☆☆ Fair (70 ratings) · submitted 2011 by peter
Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.
tiny.ag/gpnuvt0q · ★★☆☆ Fair (246 ratings) · submitted 1997
You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.
tiny.ag/qtbtjqxs · ★★☆☆ Fair (185 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can't carve your way to success without cutting remarks.
tiny.ag/tnfwhxlp · ★★☆☆ Fair (185 ratings) · submitted 1997
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
tiny.ag/lc1buagj · ★★☆☆ Fair (223 ratings) · submitted 1997
You cannot produce a baby in one month by impregnating nine women.
tiny.ag/gelcd01a · ★★☆☆ Fair (203 ratings) · submitted 1997
You should emulate your heroes, but don't carry it too far. Especially if they are dead.
tiny.ag/renqzacv · ★★☆☆ Fair (208 ratings) · submitted 1997
You're a genius if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning is electricity -- but you're an idiot if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning can kill you.
Unknown, (from Mad Magazine), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/sdc7t2fc · ★★☆☆ Fair (167 ratings) · submitted 1997
If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it.
tiny.ag/8ebocmyu · ★★☆☆ Fair (174 ratings) · submitted 1997
Murphy's Law: If anything can go wrong, it will.
tiny.ag/eoiuzgcy · ★★☆☆ Fair (107 ratings) · submitted 1997
The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it.
tiny.ag/yevckcm5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (124 ratings) · submitted 1997
There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful.
tiny.ag/juykxd68 · ★★☆☆ Fair (105 ratings) · submitted 1997
The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/d0mk6ixb · ★★☆☆ Fair (129 ratings) · submitted 1997
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
tiny.ag/zoapng08 · ★★☆☆ Fair (176 ratings) · submitted 1997
The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.
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