"Professors known as outstanding lecturers do two things; they use a simple plan and many examples."

“Noble acts and momentous events happen in the same way and produce the same impression as the ordinary facts.”

“The message I got from my father was that life is hard, but you just don't quit. I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness. You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.”

“After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don't know who decides these things. It just happens.”

“It must have appeared almost as improbable to the earlier geologists, that the laws of earthquakes should one day throw light on the origin of mountains, as it must to the first astronomers, that the fall of an apple should assist in explaining the motions of the moon.”

Source : Charles Lyell (1833). “Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface by Reference to Causes Now in Operation”, p.5

“How hard you work matters more than how much you make.”

“A man can fall many times in life, but he's never a failure until he refuses to get back up.”

“Boys naturally look on all force as an enemy.”

“Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence.”