Inspirational Quotes for Build Site

[MysterE]

Ok all -

I am working on collecting inspirational quotes to place around our build site this year. I'd love your help. What quotes inspire you?

[gabrielau23]

It's not really a quote, but I guess you could take part of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijTwZNUBhcI

[AllenGregoryIV]

Here's an incomplete list of the quotes that go at the bottom of each our team's blog posts.

http://goo.gl/6DvaI

[nathan_hui]

Here are a couple I believe students should understand, and that pertain to particular skills students should have. However, they may not be entirely appropriate for your list.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
--George S. Patton

I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.
--Confucius

Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else.
—Chuck Knoll

[apalrd]

We have these above our lathe.

[nathan_hui]

Actually, if you want a quick list of FIRST quotes (from CD) look at http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/spotlightlist.php?. Another good source of quotes are poster's signatures...

[Ernst]

One of my favorites lately has been:

"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success"
-Nikola Tesla

[philso]

The Nike video Gabriel linked to was great! It also led to this video "Steve Jobs explains the rules for success". I see a lot of what Steve talks about when I look around FIRST.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuNQgln6TL0

[Foster]

The one I say lots during the build process is

"Hope is not an engineering strategy"


You can modify it at will to be "design", "game play", "shipping", "programming", "project management", "lunch", etc.

[Akash Rastogi]

One that I frequently use:

"Success in this game comes from a wealth of ideas and good engineering, not deep pockets."- Karthik Kanagasabapathy (Team 1114 & Innovation First Inc.)

[DonRotolo]

Leadership
Leaders are like eagles: We don't have them here.

From Here. Be sure to look at the posters for "motivation" and "adaptation".

[LilsisdeRosie]

heres a quote i found from the founder of FIRST

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people.
Dean Kamen