Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Understanding why C++ is the way it is helps a programmer use it well. A deep understanding of a tool is essential for an expert craftsman. -- Bjarne Stroustrap

Workers of the world, the chains that bind you are not held in place by a ruling class, a "superior" race, by society, the state, or a leader. They are held in place by none other than yourself. Those who seek to exploit are not themselves free, for they place no value in freedom. Who is it that really employs you and commands you to pick up your daily load? And who is it that you allow to pass judgment on the adequacy of your toil? Who have you empowered to dangle the carrot before you and threaten with disapproval? Who, when you wake each morning, sends you off to what you call your work? Is there an "I want to" behind all your "I have to," or have you been so long forgotten to yourself that "I want" exists only as an idea in your head? If you have disconnected from your soul's desire and are drowning in an ocean of "have to," then rise up and overthrow your master. Begin the journey toward emancipation. Work only in such a way that you are truly self-employed. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

We are the sum of our behaviours; excellence therefore is not an act but a habit. -- Aristotle.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. -- Goethe

Understanding why C++ is the way it is helps a programmer use it well. A deep understanding of a tool is essential for an expert craftsman. -- Bjarne Stroustrap

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. –Anne Frank

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus

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

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~George Lorimer