Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/woh9u2ra · ★★☆☆ Fair (203 ratings) · submitted 1997
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
tiny.ag/1nxtc03g · ★★☆☆ Fair (107 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.
tiny.ag/zhi7upjz · ★★☆☆ Fair (419 ratings) · submitted 1997
I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
tiny.ag/yuovagrx · ★★☆☆ Fair (70 ratings) · submitted 1997
We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
tiny.ag/4ow5sbvj · ★★☆☆ Fair (116 ratings) · submitted 1997
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
tiny.ag/d6nssfxi · ★★☆☆ Fair (277 ratings) · submitted 1997
Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women.
tiny.ag/dxbh08ml · ★★☆☆ Fair (370 ratings) · submitted 1997
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
tiny.ag/jgjax6rp · ★★☆☆ Fair (1290 ratings) · submitted 1999
Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance and you have lost already.
tiny.ag/hjgpjdl6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (39 ratings) · submitted 1997
A bend in the road is not the end of the road -- unless you fail to make the turn.
tiny.ag/6ldwnwhf · ★★☆☆ Fair (14 ratings) · submitted 1997
A day for firm decisions! Or is it?
tiny.ag/ow0faywn · ★★☆☆ Fair (15 ratings) · submitted 1997
A conceited person never gets anywhere because he thinks he is already there.
tiny.ag/27fahwgf · ★★☆☆ Fair (29 ratings) · submitted 1997
A computer can make as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working for 20 years.
tiny.ag/iuvg5od2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (37 ratings) · submitted 1997
A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected; a carefully planned project will take only twice as long.
tiny.ag/hcgfyxv9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (23 ratings) · submitted 1997
A .44 magnum beats four aces.
tiny.ag/abk7huzh · ★★☆☆ Fair (1236 ratings) · submitted 1997
What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
Unknown, (W.O.P.R. computer in War Games), in Success and Failure and War and Peace
tiny.ag/6v4py5gm · ★★☆☆ Fair (30 ratings) · submitted 1997
A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.
tiny.ag/1dmiuqr0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (67 ratings) · submitted 1997
People who never acheive happiness are the ones who complain whenever they're awake, and whenever they're asleep,they are thinking about what to complain about tommorrow.
tiny.ag/wb5d0s4b · ★★☆☆ Fair (64 ratings) · submitted 1997
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
tiny.ag/6ksjcdo8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
tiny.ag/7kxpl9yw · ★★☆☆ Fair (342 ratings) · submitted 1997
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence -- and then success is sure.
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