The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Benjamin Franklin

The hardest part of design ... is keeping features out. -- Donald Norman

Hence my urgent advice to all of you to reject the morals of the bestseller society and to find, to start with, your reward in your own fun. This is quite feasible, for the challenge of simplification is so fascinating that, if we do our job properly, we shall have the greatest fun in the world. -- E. W. Dijkstra, On the nature of computing science.

Mastering isn’t a survival instinct; it’s an urge to excel. Mastering is one of the experiences that delineates us from animals. It is striving to be more tomorrow than we are today; to perfectly pitch the ball over home plate; to craft the perfect sentence in an article; to open the oven and feel the warm, richly-scented cloud telling you dinner is going to be absolutely extraordinary. We humans crave perfection, to be masters of our domain, to distinguish ourselves by sheer skill and prowess. -- Joesgoals.com

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. -- Thomas Edison

I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. ~Booker T. Washington

Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. ~Colin R. Davis