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)

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

A person won't retain proficiency at a task unless he or she has at one time learned to perform that task very rapidly. Learning research demonstrates that the skills of people who become accurate but not fast deteriorate much sooner than the skills of people who become both accurate and fast. -- Philip Greenspun

The programmer must seek both perfection of part and adequacy of collection. -- Alan J. Perlis

Well then. How could you possibly live without automated refactoring tools? How else could you coordinate the caterpillar-like motions of all Java’s identical tiny legs, its thousands of similar parts? I’ll tell you how: Ruby is a butterfly. -- Stevey, Refactoring Trilogy, Part 1.

Omit needless words. -- William Strunk, Jr. (The Elements of Style)

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. –Bob Dylan

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. –Henry Ford