C and Lisp stand at opposite ends of the spectrum; they're each great at what the other one sucks at. -- Steve Yegge, Tour de Babel.
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. -- Colin Powell
You can’t get to version 500 if you don’t start with a version 1. -- BetterExplained.com
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)
No problem should ever have to be solved twice. -- Eric S. Raymond, How to become a hacker
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/
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. ~Booker T. Washington
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. ~Francis Chan
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily. –Zig Ziglar