— Paul Graham
"Always produce” is also a heuristic for finding the work you love. If you subject yourself to that constraint, it will automatically push you away from things you think you’re supposed to work on, toward things you actually like. “Always produce” will discover your life’s work the way water, with the aid of gravity, finds the hole in your roof."
"Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities."
— Napoleon Hill
"An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail."
— Edwin Land
"Failure is just another part of the culture of innovation. Accept it and become stronger."
— Albert Yu
"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one."
— Bill Gates
"If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss."
— Bill Gates
"Life is not fair — get used to it!"
— Bill Gates
"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field."
— Niels Bohr
"The mathematician’s main reason for existence is to solve problems"
— Paul Halmos - 1980
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
— Albert Einstein.
