C++ is like teenage sex: Everybody is talking about it all the time, only few are really doing it. -- unknown

Acknowledging the negative doesn't mean sniveling [whining, complaining]; it means facing the truth and then moving on. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Workers of the world, the chains that bind you are not held in place by a ruling class, a "superior" race, by society, the state, or a leader. They are held in place by none other than yourself. Those who seek to exploit are not themselves free, for they place no value in freedom. Who is it that really employs you and commands you to pick up your daily load? And who is it that you allow to pass judgment on the adequacy of your toil? Who have you empowered to dangle the carrot before you and threaten with disapproval? Who, when you wake each morning, sends you off to what you call your work? Is there an "I want to" behind all your "I have to," or have you been so long forgotten to yourself that "I want" exists only as an idea in your head? If you have disconnected from your soul's desire and are drowning in an ocean of "have to," then rise up and overthrow your master. Begin the journey toward emancipation. Work only in such a way that you are truly self-employed. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. -- Anonymous

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. -- Bertrand Russell

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

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. ~Wayne Dyer

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

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~George Lorimer