Quotes I Live By
I find inspiration in many places and these quotes reflect my philosophy and drive. Here are some that I hold close to my heart. Current count: 26.
“You are trying to get into the specifics without covering the basics.”
“The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.”
“Gutta cavat lapidem - Steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein”
“Die reinste Form des Wahnsinns ist es, alles beim Alten zu lassen und gleichzeitig zu hoffen, dass sich etwas ändert.”
“I trained 4 years to run 9 seconds and people give up when they don’t see results in 2 months.”
“Wer schreit verliert.”
“Wer redet sät, wer zuhört erntet.”
“Alles was gesagt wird, muss wahr sein. Aber nicht alles, was wahr ist, muß auch gesagt werden.”
“Wir glauben nicht an die Meinungsfreiheit, wenn wir sie nicht auch den Leuten zugestehen, die wir verachten.”
“Early to bed, early to rise makes a man young, wealthy, and wise.”
“Fortune favors the brave.”
“Engineering five-step process: 1) Question the requirements 2) Remove unnecessary process steps 3) Optimize 4) Accelerate 5) Automate (Not the other way around)”
“There are one-door and two-door decisions. One-door decisions are hard to reverse. Two-door decisions just need to be made, and you have to live with the chosen option. Most business decisions are two-door decisions and should be made by a single person for speed.”
“To develop good software, two of the most important factors are tests and a proper CI/CD pipeline, enabling rapid code changes.”
“The first rule of self-discipline: Inject yourself with vitamin N—learn to say `No`.”
“When people become successful, they say, `It's because of my mindset, I work hard, I'm smart` But what about the millions of others who work just as hard but don’t have your position? This is a test from God. He gave you this to see how you will handle it.”
“You're only a few months away from understanding the bleeding edge of research.”
“Tip for early stage startups: No matter how great your idea is, no one cares. Everyone is to busy. You can rely on that to protect your idea.”
“When selling: Change the conversation from price to value.”
“Stress primarly comes from not taking action, over something that you can have some control over.”
“Decisions beat delays. You can fix a wrong call faster than no call.”
“Calm is contagious. Your team mirrors your state. Stay steady.”
“Protect thinking time. Urgency kills strategy if you let it.”
“We are the results of our actions, not our aspirations.”
“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”
“In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks”
“You are trying to get into the specifics without covering the basics.”
“The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.”
“Gutta cavat lapidem - Steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein”
“Die reinste Form des Wahnsinns ist es, alles beim Alten zu lassen und gleichzeitig zu hoffen, dass sich etwas ändert.”
“I trained 4 years to run 9 seconds and people give up when they don’t see results in 2 months.”
“Wer schreit verliert.”
“Wer redet sät, wer zuhört erntet.”
“Alles was gesagt wird, muss wahr sein. Aber nicht alles, was wahr ist, muß auch gesagt werden.”
“Wir glauben nicht an die Meinungsfreiheit, wenn wir sie nicht auch den Leuten zugestehen, die wir verachten.”
“Early to bed, early to rise makes a man young, wealthy, and wise.”
“Fortune favors the brave.”
“Engineering five-step process: 1) Question the requirements 2) Remove unnecessary process steps 3) Optimize 4) Accelerate 5) Automate (Not the other way around)”
“There are one-door and two-door decisions. One-door decisions are hard to reverse. Two-door decisions just need to be made, and you have to live with the chosen option. Most business decisions are two-door decisions and should be made by a single person for speed.”
“To develop good software, two of the most important factors are tests and a proper CI/CD pipeline, enabling rapid code changes.”
“The first rule of self-discipline: Inject yourself with vitamin N—learn to say `No`.”
“When people become successful, they say, `It's because of my mindset, I work hard, I'm smart` But what about the millions of others who work just as hard but don’t have your position? This is a test from God. He gave you this to see how you will handle it.”
“You're only a few months away from understanding the bleeding edge of research.”
“Tip for early stage startups: No matter how great your idea is, no one cares. Everyone is to busy. You can rely on that to protect your idea.”
“When selling: Change the conversation from price to value.”
“Stress primarly comes from not taking action, over something that you can have some control over.”
“Decisions beat delays. You can fix a wrong call faster than no call.”
“Calm is contagious. Your team mirrors your state. Stay steady.”
“Protect thinking time. Urgency kills strategy if you let it.”
“We are the results of our actions, not our aspirations.”
“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”
“In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks”
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