Choose your customers, choose your future.
There are lots of good reasons to abandon a project. Having a little competition is not one of them.
Your drudgery is another person's delight. It's only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing.
Saying 'no' or even 'stop' is the hallmark of the professional you want on your team.
The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.
Art...is the intentional act of using your humanity to create a change in another person...Passion is caring enough about your art that you will do almost anything to give it away, to make it a gift, to change people.