You can have premature generalization as well as premature optimization. -- Bjarne Stroustrup

It’s hard to grasp abstractions if you don’t understand what they’re abstracting away from. -- Nathan Weizenbaum

The best way to learn to live with our limitations is to know them. --E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

The minute you put the blame on someone else you’ve switch things from being a problem you can control to a problem outside of your control. -- engtech (internetducttape.com)

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. -- Edsger Dijkstra

The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. -- Elie Wiesel

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus

If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you! ~T. Harv Eker

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb