Chance favors the prepared mind. -- Louis Pasteur

It’s a problem if the design doesn’t let you add features at a later date. If you have to redo a program, the hours you spend can cause you to lose your competitive edge. A flexible program demonstrates the difference between a good designer and someone who is just getting a piece of code out. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

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

You think you know when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Any sufficiently advanced technology is undistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke

To iterate is human, to recurse divine. -- L. Peter Deutsch

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal

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

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. –Bob Dylan

The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill