QUOTES.
I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to
bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.
Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.
It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the
We never thought of it as customer service. We just treat people how we
If you believe in something, work nights and weekends. It won’t feel
Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you
look like an overnight success.
Observe the world around you – everything you do, and especially
Ideas are a commodity. Execution of them is not.
If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.
The best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.
The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote
is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Things that annoy me end up fuelling my ideas.
[Of what it takes to be successful:] Patience, drive and very little fear.
It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name
If you live for weekends or vacations, your shit is broken.
When the need to succeed is as bad as the need to breathe, then you’ll be
You could have a million ideas, but they’re all worthless if you don’t get
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls
Always deliver more than expected.
I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful
entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.
We’re not very good at knowing what we want, and we are very quick
to say, ‘This sucks.’ That’s where the opportunity lies.
Openly share and talk to people about your idea. Use their lack of
interest or doubt to fuel your motivation to make it happen.
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.
Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and
Chase the vision, not the money.
Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the
core. Don’t embrace the status quo.
So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the
right thing is probably more important than working hard.
Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have
fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.
You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something
You have to have more leadership, less management. It’s about getting
stuff done, you can sit around and analyse things forever but while you do that the competition has moved on.
Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream.
You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and
We live in a world where you’re not being eaten by a lion when you fail,
you just have to get another job.
There is no finish line. So love the journey.
You have to be ready for hard work and frugal spending to get the idea
The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.
When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for people telling you
Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off
Your reputation is more important than your pay check, and your
integrity is worth more than your career.
There is only one boss: the customer. And he can fire everybody in the
company, from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more
Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is.
You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.
Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.
