Men are born to succeed, not fail.
Henry David Thoreau

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
Isaac Asimov

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
Isaac Asimov

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly and its spines crumble.

- William S. Halsey, WWII U.S. Admiral

Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King Jr.

He who laughs last .... thinks slowest.

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.

Havelock Ellis

If you can dream it, you can do it

Walt Disney

"We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough."
Helen Keller

Everyman is the architect of his own fortune
~Sallust

"The longer you wait to decide what you want to do, the more time you're wasting. It's up to you to want something so badly that your passion shows through in your actions. Your actions, not your...

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see

Ayn Rand

"The starting point of achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires produce weak results, just as a small amount of fire produces a small amount of heat."
Napoleon Hill

"People often say that motivation doesn't last.
Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."
~Zig Ziglar

At the uni I go to we have used:

An introduction to Programming using C++ (Zak), Big C++ (Wiley) and C++ Programming: Program Design including Data Structures (Malik).

Has anyone else used...

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Amen to that!

Hi and welcome. The people here are really great. Enjoy your time and I hope you find answers to your questions.

Welcome.

Yay Geeks to the rescue. Another geek bids you welcome.

Welcome to DaniWeb

Never getting a bogey in golf would be quite nice lol. Birdies and eagles all the way.

Welcome to DaniWeb.

Nothing happens until I make it happen. ~ unknown

It is often better not to see an insult then to avenge it.
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool." - Jane Wagner

George Bernard Shaw
You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he...

Never argue with an inanimate object.

I was unhappy because I had no shoes until I met a man with no feet .

"ASCII and ye shall receive."
"Will the information superhighway have any rest stops ?"
"I get mail, therefore I am." — Scott Adams.
"In fact, you can throw away the last three syllables of...

You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen....

"Los Angeles County officials have asked that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors stop using the terms 'master' and 'slave' regarding computer hard drives, saying such terms are unacceptable and...

Man is what he believes
~ Anton Chekhov

Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future
~ Charles F Kettering

To sway an audience you must watch them as you...

Keep your face towards the sunlight, and you cannot see the shadows.
~ Helen Keller

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
~ Will Rogers

If at first...

What music do I like ? Well... -

I dont really like country music. I will occasionally listen to it when I have no choice (like when I'm in my brother-in-laws car and he is playing Garth...

I've finally got up enough courage to say hi to everyone. So ... hi.

I'm a first year Bachelor of Information Technology student in Australia. I'm considered a nerd or geek by my friends because...