By Brian Swanson on 6/6/2005 6:25 AM

My wife and I are both enduring “challenges” with co-workers at our jobs.  I found this quote to attempt to help her focus on the job at hand and not on the problems she's dealing with.

“He conquers who endures.” ~Persius

By Brian Swanson on 3/21/2005 5:58 AM

Old Chinese proverb - “The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed."

By Brian Swanson on 1/26/2005 6:55 AM

I'm beginning to think I need to go re-live the 60s and 70s...Another great quote from a musician who was highly popular in those times...

"You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do." - Jerry Garcia

This is a great quote for people in business, but I believe it's an especially great quote for those who are building software. I believe achieving the "goal" in this quote will be difficult, but it at a minimum will keep me focused on what I should be doing.

By Brian Swanson on 1/10/2005 3:04 PM

Here we are already almost half way through the first month of 2005…2004 seems like a blur to me, last time I turned around I has just started at the company I work for, and now in February I’ll be celebrating my second anniversary there. While I don’t regret anything from the past year, I’m a little disappointed in my progress towards my goals of being self-employed and somewhat financially independent. I made some major headway towards the end of the year, and I’m going to continue to build on the momentum I finished the year with.2005 has the potential to be the single greatest year of my life. I say that for multiple reasons.My wife and I will be celebrating only our third anniversary together, but our fifth year of being in each others lives. In my adult life no person has affected my outlook and attitude about life more than she has. She is the light that guides me; she is the wind in my sails. I wouldn’t be half as motivated to do the things I plan to do if she weren’t in my life.I’m turning 30 this year…For...

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By Brian Swanson on 11/11/2004 3:46 AM

This quote was told to me by my son who over the past year has really taken to the guitar and become quite the player.  Yes, I'm a little biased, but he's good, and so is the group of kids he plays with.

When he told me this quote, I was shocked, here's my son who's never been great in school and he's quoting a rock star...

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." - Jimi Hendrix

By Brian Swanson on 10/28/2004 1:15 AM

I'm a collector of quotes, most being inspirational, or motivational in some way.

So I'll randomly start dropping in these quotes when I'm feeling generous enough to motivate and inspire the rest of you... :-)

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit" -- Aristotle