Be the change you want to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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

In OO, it's the data that is the "important" thing: you define the class which contains member data, and only incidentally contains code for manipulating the object. In FP, it's the code that's important: you define a function which contains code for working with the data, and only incidentally define what the data is. -- almkgor, on reddit

The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of design, or problem-solving ability. -- Randall E. Stross

Good coders code, great reuse. -- http://www.catonmat.net

You can’t get to version 500 if you don’t start with a version 1. -- BetterExplained.com

Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them. ~Vaibhav Shah

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. –Dalai Lama

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart

Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. ~Chris Grosser