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Quotes

Words worth returning to — on theology, leadership, engineering, wisdom, craftsmanship, and work.

“There is not one square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: Mine.”
— Abraham Kuyper · Inaugural address, Free University of Amsterdam, 1880
TheologyWork
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.”
— Donald Knuth · Structured Programming with go to Statements
EngineeringWisdom
“There are no little people and no little places, important only to make show, or to be a moving stair to fame; but everywhere our life touches other lives.”
— Francis Schaeffer · No Little People
TheologyWisdom
“Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.”
— Linus Torvalds · The Cathedral and the Bazaar
EngineeringWork
“Work is not, primarily, a thing one does to live, but the thing one lives to do.”
— Dorothy L. Sayers · Why Work?
CraftsmanshipWork
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.”
— C.S. Lewis
WisdomLeadership
“If you don't work on important problems, it's not likely that you'll do important work.”
— Richard Hamming · You and Your Research
EngineeringWisdom
“Work is not a necessary evil, or something to escape, but part of what it means to be a full human being.”
— Timothy Keller · Every Good Endeavor
TheologyWork
“Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.”
— Edsger W. Dijkstra
EngineeringCraftsmanship
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
— Peter Drucker
LeadershipWork
“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.”
— Robert M. Pirsig · Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
CraftsmanshipWisdom
“Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.”
— Proverbs 22:29
TheologyCraftsmanship