It is better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. -- WikiHow

Having large case statements in an object-oriented language is a sure sign your design is flawed. -- [Fixing architecture flaws in Rails' ORM]

To solve your problems you must learn new skills, adapt new thought patterns, and become a different person than you were before that problem. God has crafted you for success. In the middle of every adversity lie your best opportunities. Discover it, build upon it and move forward in your journey to live an extraordinary life. You owe it to yourself to live a great life. Don’t let negative thoughts pull you down. Be grateful and open to learn and grow. -- http://secretsofstudying.com/

If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough. -- Alan Kay

The programmer must seek both perfection of part and adequacy of collection. -- Alan J. Perlis

A person won't become proficient at something until he or she has done it many times. In other words., if you want someone to be really good at building a software system, he or she will have to have built 10 or more systems of that type. -- Philip Greenspun

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~Truman Capote

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. –Oprah Winfrey

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ~Mark Caine

If you can dream it, you can achieve it. –Zig Ziglar