Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. -- Ancient Eastern adage

All great things require great dedication. -- Chuck Norris(?)

J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l'indifférence. -- Anatole France

We remember what we learn when we care about performing better and when we believe that what we have been asked to do is representative of reality. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

So the mere constraint of staying in regular contact with us will push you to make things happen, because otherwise you'll be embarrassed to tell us that you haven't done anything new since the last time we talked. -- Paul Graham (a talk at Y Combinator, for startup creators).

The only problems we can really solve in a satisfactory manner are those that finally admit a nicely factored solution. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. –Marie Curie

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill