Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. -- Mark Twain
It’s a problem if the design doesn’t let you add features at a later date. If you have to redo a program, the hours you spend can cause you to lose your competitive edge. A flexible program demonstrates the difference between a good designer and someone who is just getting a piece of code out. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).
The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It’s to create more leaders. -- Ralph Nader
Programming is the art of figuring out what you want so precisely that even a machine can do it. -- Some guy who isn't famous
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution. -- Robert Sewell
Getting back to failing early, I've learned it's important to completely fail. Get fired. Shoot the project, then burn its corpse. Melt the CVS repository and microwave the backup CDs. When things go wrong, I've often tried to play the hero from start to finish. Guess what? Some projects are doomed no matter what. Some need skills I don't possess. And some need a fresh face. -- Reginald Braithwaite
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. ~Denis Watiley
The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors. ~Napoleon Hill
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw