The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. -- Edsger Dijkstra

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. -- Anonymous

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all sentences short or avoid all detail and treat subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. -- William Strunk, Jr. (The Elements of Style)

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. -- Colin Powell

I was talking recently to a friend who teaches at MIT. His field is hot now and every year he is inundated by applications from would-be graduate students. "A lot of them seem smart," he said. "What I can't tell is whether they have any kind of taste." -- Paul Graham

To solve your problems you must learn new skills, adapt new thought patterns, and become a different person than you were before that problem. God has crafted you for success. In the middle of every adversity lie your best opportunities. Discover it, build upon it and move forward in your journey to live an extraordinary life. You owe it to yourself to live a great life. Don’t let negative thoughts pull you down. Be grateful and open to learn and grow. -- http://secretsofstudying.com/

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ~Mark Twain

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. –Arthur Ashe