If there is a will, there is a way. -- unknown

Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act — if you can’t control outcomes, you can control the elegance of your behaviour. You will always have the last word. -- Nassim Taleb

I think the root of your mistake is saying that macros don't scale to larger groups. The real truth is that macros don't scale to stupider groups. -- Paul Graham, on the Lightweight Languages mailing list.

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. -- Alberti

Acknowledging the negative doesn't mean sniveling [whining, complaining]; it means facing the truth and then moving on. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Do not accept anything because it comes from the mouth of a respected person. -- Buddha

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ~Swami Vivekananda

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. –Rosa Parks

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. ~Maya Angelou

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. ~Maya Angelou