Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.
BILL GATES
If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.
BILL GATES
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
BILL GATES
We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.
BILL GATES
If you are born poor it’s not your mistake, But if you die poor it’s your mistake.
BILL GATES
This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.
BILL GATES
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
BILL GATES
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.
BILL GATES
People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn’t they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines… There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.
BILL GATES
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.
BILL GATES
It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
BILL GATES
Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.
BILL GATES
Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.
BILL GATES
Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.
BILL GATES
I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.
BILL GATES
Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.
BILL GATES
Flying cars are not a very efficient way to move things from one point to another.
BILL GATES
Whether I’m at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I’m looking forward to reading.
BILL GATES
People everywhere love Windows.
BILL GATES
Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world … if you do so, you are insulting yourself.
BILL GATES
We should not compare ourselves with anyone as we all are unique creations of God in this world. Instead, we should learn from our mistakes and keep improving ourselves.
Patience is a key element of success.
BILL GATES