Success and Failure
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tiny.ag/gfofcun3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (46 ratings) · submitted 1997
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
tiny.ag/9bumiall · ★★☆☆ Fair (355 ratings) · submitted 1997
There's nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
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/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/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/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/bu9vryao · ★★☆☆ Fair (131 ratings) · submitted 1997
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
tiny.ag/oqp628a1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (64 ratings) · submitted 1997
When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
tiny.ag/bpcdcqq7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (553 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hitch your wagon to a star.
tiny.ag/2lhdnopk · ★★☆☆ Fair (213 ratings) · submitted 1997
No man can get through me but through my act.
tiny.ag/ezoktgw3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (196 ratings) · submitted 1997
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
tiny.ag/okiuvldz · ★★☆☆ Fair (145 ratings) · submitted 1997
When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
tiny.ag/krs8ezg1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (113 ratings) · submitted 1997
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Charlie McCarthy, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/i1bt6pjo · ★★☆☆ Fair (92 ratings) · submitted 1998 by Tim McGowan
I must catch up with the others, for I am their leader.
tiny.ag/tgov7yf4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (60 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
tiny.ag/wyl7j4bs · ★★☆☆ Fair (137 ratings) · submitted 1997
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
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