All great things require great dedication. -- Chuck Norris(?)

This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

The problem is that small examples fail to convince, and large examples are too big to follow. -- Steve Yegge.

You can’t get to version 500 if you don’t start with a version 1. -- BetterExplained.com

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. -- Greek philosopher Epicurus

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

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. –Anais Nin

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John R. Wooden

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie