Everything that can be invented has been invented. -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -- Cited by Randy Pausch

Do not accept anything because it comes from the mouth of a respected person. -- Buddha

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

While I’ve always appreciated beautiful code, I share Jonathan’s concern about studying it too much. I think studying beauty in music and painting has led us to modern classical music and painting that the majority of us just don’t get. Beauty can be seen when it emerges, but isn’t something to strive for in isolation of a larger context. In the software world, the larger context would be the utility of the software to the end user. -- [A comment on a blog]

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

The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ~Anonymous

If you can dream it, you can achieve it. –Zig Ziglar

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. –Joshua J. Marine