First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming style. Then forget all that and just hack. -- George Carrette

If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as lines produced but as lines spent. -- Edsger Dijkstra

The only thing a man should ever be 100% convinced of is his own ignorance. -- DJ MacLean

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

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -- Thomas Edison

Do you want to sell sugared water all your life or do you want to change the world? -- Steve Jobs, to John Sculley (former Pepsi executive)

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. –Booker T. Washington

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. –Anne Frank

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon