If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.
It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work.
Hire character. Train skill.
My definition of success? The more you’re actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will be.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
Forget yourself and go to work.
You’ll have time to rest when you’re dead.
The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
Work is doing it. Discipline is doing it every day. Diligence is doing it well every day.
There are no shortcuts – everything is reps, reps, reps.
I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.
This is ten percent luck, Twenty percent skill, Fifteen percent power of will, Five percent pleasure, Fifty percent pain, and a hundred percent reason to remember the name.
Talk is cheap. Show me the code.
Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled.
It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
Move fast, take risks. It’s okay to try big things. You’re better off trying something and having it not work, than not having done anything at all.