Work as intensely as you play and play as intensely as you work. -- Eric S. Raymond, How To Be A Hacker

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)

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. -- Bill Gates

The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak. -- J. B. Bossuet, Politics from Holy Writ, 1709

In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. -- Albert Einstein

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are always cocksure and the intelligent are always filled with doubt. -- Bertrand Russell

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. –Booker T. Washington

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done. ~Vince Lombardi