Success and Failure

Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Success and Failure

Nothing ventured, nothing gained -- but if everything is ventured, and still nothing gained, give up and venture elsewhere.

Peter Wastholm, in Success and Failure

Always expect the worst, and you will never be disappointed.

Peter Wastholm, in Success and Failure

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington, in Success and Failure

The majority of the time, the thing that gets in the way of success... is your brain.

Chris Blake, in Success and Failure

I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution.

Werner von Braun, in Success and Failure

He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.

Ernest Bramah, in Success and Failure

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act and, in acting, to live.

Omar Bradley, in Success and Failure

A celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.

Daniel Boorstin, in Success and Failure

A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking.

Arthur Block, in Success and Failure

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain, in Success and Failure

The biggest things are always the easiest to do because there is no competition.

William Van Horne, in Success and Failure

They are able because they think they are able.

Vergil, in Success and Failure

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Gore Vidal, in Success and Failure

A witty saying proves nothing.

Voltaire, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

All my life I wanted to be someone; I guess I should have been more specific.

Jane Wagner, in Success and Failure

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.

Sacha Guitry, in Success and Failure

The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.

Daniel Schorr, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure

When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong -- or you are absolutely right.

Albert Guinon, in Success and Failure

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

Robert Heller, in Success and Failure