If you've got a talent, protect it.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Never complain and never explain.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
It's always too early to quit.
I work on OpenBSD fulltime, as the project leader. I set some directions, increase communication between the developers, and try to be involved in nearly every aspect of the base system.