I’m an entrepreneur. I’m a young mogul. I’m blessed.

You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.

I was a little worried that young people would think the only game was being political and manipulative when really the bigger game is being so good at what you do that nobody can argue with your results.

Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

The ways of the Lord are different from the ways of man. Man’s ways remove people from office or business when they grow old or become disabled. But man’s ways are not and never will be the Lord’s ways.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities. At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods – that’s where I’m really happy.

What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock ‚n roll records to trendy customers.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

I just feel like, with rappers, there’s so much complacency. It’s like, ‚Oh, I’m a rapper. I’m successful. I make money. That’s all that matters.‘ But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you’re aware of it, it’s happening.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

Being beautiful is not so fun when you’re in a business with all men.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way – I hope it never will.

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

I’m always amazed at how many people assume a business has to lose money before it makes money.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

Although I don’t like the way the Chinese do business, I continue to do business in China. I have to. They’re the next world power.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance… you thrive on that.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

It’s been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: ‚I’m going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.‘ You’ve just got to go run and try to do everything right. And then have a little luck.

If you get something right, you really feel it, right in your chest, on stage. I think it’s an incomparable experience.

At first, I was called a quack, a charlatan, and worse, year after year, in Australia, England and the United States, by men who simply refused to believe that a nurse from ‚the bush‘ could devise a treatment which succeeded where they had failed.

God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them.

Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.

Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.

My business is to prevent the future.

If you’re in business or politics, you need to have an intense understanding of what’s going on around you.

If I have cash and I can’t figure a way to put it into real estate or my business, I hold it in gold and silver.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus‘ success in the spreadsheet – basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.

Good entrepreneurs are community builders, actively involved with their communities and dedicated to the community’s well being. If you’re dedicated to your community, it will be dedicated to you.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.

I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

We work to become, not to acquire.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.