It is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger Dijkstra

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

Sound methodology can empower and liberate the creative mind; it cannot inflame or inspire the drudge. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. -- Arthur C. Clarke

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. -- Alberti

Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

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

If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission. ~Anonymous

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all. ~Dale Carnegie

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. ~Denis Watiley