Bill Gates on Motivation Quotes

"It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure."

"We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve."

"Patience is a key element of success."

"If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss."

"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show people the solutions, they will be moved to act."

"Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world... if you do so, you are insulting yourself."

"The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice."

"Vision is the ability to see the invisible."

"Whether it’s Google or Apple or free software, we’ve got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes."

"I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. But many others were also in the same place. The difference was that I took action."

"I am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously."

"Energy is the thing that allows us to do everything."

"I studied everything but never topped. But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees."

"The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't even really notice it, so it's part of everyday life."

"Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable."

"I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts."

"Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning."

"If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?"

"Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important."

"I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot."

"Capitalism is this geographic thing, and it's also a time-based thing."

"Life is not fair; get used to it."

"The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself."

"You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school."

"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one."

"I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it."

"We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten."

"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."

"Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana."

"I am an optimist, but I am an optimist who takes a lot of data."

"The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It's harmful."

"Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering."

"Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for people of color to build wealth."