Remember, always be yourself ... unless you suck! -- Joss Whedon

The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It’s to create more leaders. -- Ralph Nader

In God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? -- David (Psalm 56:4)

The best way to learn to live with our limitations is to know them. --E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. -- Albert Einstein

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all sentences short or avoid all detail and treat subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. -- William Strunk, Jr. (The Elements of Style)

I would rather die of passion than of boredom. –Vincent van Gogh

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. –Booker T. Washington

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible battles inside all of us--that's where it's at. –Jesse Owens

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey