If something isn’t working, you need to look back and figure out what got you excited in the first place. -- David Gorman (ImThere.com)

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

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

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

Side projects are less masturbatory than reading RSS, often more useful than MobileMe, more educational than the comments on Reddit, and usually more fun than listening to keynotes. -- Chris Wanstrath

Remember, always be yourself ... unless you suck! -- Joss Whedon

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

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney