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“Passion and drive are not the same at all. Passion pulls you toward something you cannot resist. Drive pushes you toward something you feel compelled or obligated to do. If you know nothing about yourself, you can't tell the difference. Once you gain a modicum of self-knowledge, you can express your passion.....It's not about jumping through someone else's hoops. That's drive.”
― Randy Komisar, The Monk and the Riddle: The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur

“Passion pulls you. It's the sense of connection you feel when the work you do expresses who you are. Only passion will get you through the tough times.”
― Randy Komisar, The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living

“No one wants to learn by mistakes, but we cannot learn enough from successes to go beyond the state of the art. Contrary to their popular characterization as intellectual conservatives, engineers are really among the avant-garde.”
― Henry Petroski, To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
― Albert Einstein