Success Quotes

Success means different things to different people. These quotes redefine what it means to truly succeed.

25498 quotes

"The secret to great software is caring about the details."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
"Success is measured by the impact you have on others."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
D
"The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition has not only been capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but is the sole cause of its progress."
David Ricardo
D
"The most productive system of economy is that which is least burdensome to those who create wealth."
David Ricardo
D
"A nation's wealth is best measured not by its gold reserves, but by its productive capacity."
David Ricardo
D
"The expansion of commerce is limited only by the extent of the market."
David Ricardo
D
"Nations should specialize in what they can produce most efficiently."
David Ricardo
D
"Profits are the engine of economic progress and cannot be excessively taxed without harm."
David Ricardo
D
"The extent of the market is the primary determinant of the degree of specialization."
David Ricardo
B
"Good design is about making trade-offs consciously, not accidentally."
Barbara Liskov
B
"Success is measured not by what you achieve, but by the impact you have."
Barbara Liskov
B
"Success is a journey, not a destination."
Barbara Liskov
"It is not enough to just have a good idea. You have to be able to execute on it."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"The best investment is in the tools of your trade."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"The most important thing is to have high standards for yourself."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"Invest in quality; it pays for itself."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"The most important principle for the good algorithm designer is to refuse to be content."
Donald Knuth
"I'm a fairly well-known guy in the computer science world."
Donald Knuth
"Every programmer should strive for excellence."
Donald Knuth
"The real success is doing what you believe is right."
Donald Knuth
B
"The web browser became the most important platform because people wanted connection, not perfection."
Brendan Eich
B
"The web's openness is what made it more powerful than any proprietary system."
Brendan Eich
"Success in programming comes from solving real problems."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
"The programmer's greatest achievement is making the complex simple."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
R
"Real innovation comes from solving real problems"
Ryan Dahl
R
"Success is not about being first, it's about being right"
Ryan Dahl
R
"The measure of success is how much value you create"
Ryan Dahl
R
"Great things happen at the intersection of passion and skill"
Ryan Dahl
J
"Ideas are worthless. Execution is everything."
John Carmack
J
"Technical excellence is not negotiable."
John Carmack