To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. -- John Lennon

What I didn't understand was that the value of some new acquisition wasn't the difference between its retail price and what I paid for it. It was the value I derived from it. Stuff is an extremely illiquid asset. Unless you have some plan for selling that valuable thing you got so cheaply, what difference does it make what it's "worth?" The only way you're ever going to extract any value from it is to use it. And if you don't have any immediate use for it, you probably never will. -- Paul Graham

Good programmers use their brains, but good guidelines save us having to think out every case. -- Francis Glassborow

That is one of the most distinctive differences between school and the real world: there is no reward for putting in a good effort. In fact, the whole concept of a "good effort" is a fake idea adults invented to encourage kids. It is not found in nature. -- Paul Graham

In terms of energy, it's better to make a wrong choice than none at all. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. ~Thomas J. Watson

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.~ Oscar Wilde

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. –Vince Lombardi