We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It's about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and fail, and try again, for as long as he or she lives. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

The only problems we can really solve in a satisfactory manner are those that finally admit a nicely factored solution. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. -- Lao­Tzu

There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. -- C. A. R. Hoare

J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l'indifférence. -- Anatole France

The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. –Farrah Gray

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing - that’s why we recommend it daily. ~Zig Ziglar

It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. –Mae Jemison

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail