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

Chance favors the prepared mind. -- Louis Pasteur

Getting back to failing early, I've learned it's important to completely fail. Get fired. Shoot the project, then burn its corpse. Melt the CVS repository and microwave the backup CDs. When things go wrong, I've often tried to play the hero from start to finish. Guess what? Some projects are doomed no matter what. Some need skills I don't possess. And some need a fresh face. -- Reginald Braithwaite

In terms of energy, it's better to make a wrong choice than none at all. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Windows NT addresses 2 Gigabytes of RAM, which is more than any application will ever need. -- Microsoft, on the development of Windows NT, 1992

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

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

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. –Ann Landers

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. ~Washington Irving

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~Truman Capote