I would rather be an optimist and be wrong than a pessimist who proves to be right. The former sometimes wins, but never the latter. -- "Hoots"

Remember: you are alone. Every time you can get help from someone, it is an opportunity: you should eagerly size it. But then, promptly return to normal mode: you are alone and you must be prepared to solve every problem yourself. -- Eric KEDJI

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein

Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder. -- Erik Naggum

Opportunities that present themselves to you are the consequence -- at least partially -- of being in the right place at the right time. They tend to present themselves when you're not expecting it -- and often when you are engaged in other activities that would seem to preclude you from pursuing them. And they come and go quickly -- if you don't jump all over an opportunity, someone else generally will and it will vanish. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

There really is no learning without doing. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon

Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis