The only thing a man should ever be 100% convinced of is his own ignorance. -- DJ MacLean

Good work is no done by ‘humble’ men. -- H. Hardy, A mathematician's apology.

A charlatan makes obscure what is clear; a thinker makes clear what is obscure. -- Hugh Kingsmill

It is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger Dijkstra

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

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. -- Earl of Chesterfield

If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents- start charging for it. ~Kim Garst

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. –Aristotle

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. –Sheryl Sandberg

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. ~Washington Irving