A source of strength in the early days was that groups in various parts of the world were prepared to construct experimental computers without necessarily intending them to be the prototype for serial production. As a result, there became available a body of knowledge about what would work and what would not work. — Maurice Wilkes

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Passion isn't something you work on. It's more important to construct a good team, to know how you are going to play, how to read the match. You have to truly understand the game.

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From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.

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Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. — Peter Drucker

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I'm from the old school; hard work pays off. - John David Washington

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Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. ― Stephen King

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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

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If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure. ― Philip Pullman

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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. — Colin Powell

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You can’t have a million-dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic. — Zig Ziglar

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