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
Understanding why C++ is the way it is helps a programmer use it well. A deep understanding of a tool is essential for an expert craftsman. -- Bjarne Stroustrap
If there is a will, there is a way. -- unknown
Remember that you are humans in the first place and only after that programmers. -- Alexandru Vancea
La tactique, c'est ce que vous faites quand il y a quelque chose à faire; la stratégie, c'est ce que vous faites quand il n'y a rien à faire. -- Xavier Tartacover
Attitude is no substitute for competence. -- Eric S. Raymond, How to become a hacker
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. ~Francis Chan
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. –Anne Frank
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill
The mind is everything. What you think you become. –Buddha