20 Famous Quotes for your DEV Inspiration
Tags: webdev, motivation, career, productivity
Published: 2020-09-23 21:18:48

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## 1. "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin
Before investing in material things, invest in knowledge. It will be persistent and let you achieve your career goals.

## 2. "Knowing is not enough; We must apply. Willing is not enough; We must do." - Bruce Lee
Make use of online sandboxes or create small pet-projects on every skill you learn. Practical skills are what matters the most.

## 3. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle
Pick your tech-stack and become an expert in it. Don't try to be 'Jack of all trades', as you will ultimately end up being "Master of none". 

## 4. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
Tutorials will not make you think. Read official documentation and open-source instead and try to come up with a solution yourself. Become independent.

## 5. "You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over." - Richard Branson
Don't expect your solutions will always work properly and be complete. Treat each failure as a valuable experience, a lesson learned.

## 6. "A problem well-put is half-solved." - John Dewey
Each task starts with defining a problem. It's an art itself. Make sure it is well defined and scaled.

## 7. "Wisdom is learning what to overlook." - William James
The biggest skill today is to learn what not to learn. Know the resources and the indexes, not the content.

## 8. "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax." - Abraham Lincoln
Treat preparation as a priority. Install all the apps, extensions, tools. Configure the settings that work best for you before doing actual work. 

## 9. "It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer." - Albert Einstein
Sharpen your brain to stay competitive. Solve puzzles, sudoku, play chess. Do some code challenges in your spare time.

## 10. "Teaching is the highest form of understanding." - Aristotle
Write blogs, create tutorials, explain what you have learned. Teaching others is a win-win, as that way you learn the best yourself.

## 11. "Stay hungry. Stay foolish." - Steve Jobs
Be a sponge for new information. Follow quality blogs and people for the latest trends in the industry.

## 12. "Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors." - African Proverb
Challenge yourself as you go. Easy tasks aren't going to help you grow.

## 13. "No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking." - Voltaire
Split the problem into smaller pieces, solve it bit by bit. Ask for help if necessary.

## 14. "Ideas without action aren’t ideas. They’re regrets." - Steve Jobs
Work on your side-projects. Implement your ideas before someone else does.

## 15. "Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow." - Anthony J. D’Angelo
Set your goals for your learning path and reward yourself. Make learning as a fun part of your daily routine.

## 16. "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding." - Leonardo da Vinci
Use all those exciting 'A-ha!' moments during the learning as fuel to push you forward.

## 17. "Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Try not to over-engineer things without a cause. The less is more while you can provide the requested features.

## 18. "Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life." - Mark Twain
Find a niche that matters to you. The world is full of opportunities.

## 19. "Success is a journey, not a destination." - Arthur Ashe
If you have already started, you are on the right track. You are the driver and that's the beauty of it.

## 20. "Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." - Thomas A. Edison

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