Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programmi ng)

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. -- Greek philosopher Epicurus

The wonderful and frustrating thing about understanding yourself is that nobody can do it for you. -- BetterExplained.com

Its a shame that the students of our generation grew up with windows and mice because that tainted our mindset not to think in terms of powerful tools. Some of us are just so tainted that we will never recover. -- Jeffrey Mark Siskind in comp.lang.lisp

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. -- Seneca

Since programmers create programs out of nothing, imagination is our only limitation. Thus, in the world of programming, the hero is the one who has great vision. Paul Graham is one of our contemporary heroes. He has the ability to embrace the vision, and to express it plainly. His works are my favorites, especially the ones describing language design. He explains secrets of programming, languages, and human nature that can only be learned from the hacker experience. This book shows you his great vision, and tells you the truth about the nature of hacking. -- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of Ruby

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka

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