“People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn’t they?”

Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.

The key for us, number one, has always been hiring very smart people.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

People cannot become truly knowledgeable without being excellent readers.

I work hard because I love my work.

If you’re too focused on your current business, it’s hard to change and concentrate on innovating.

Vision without execution is daydreaming.

I’m not an educator. I’m a learner.

I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft.

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

Anything you do, you better enjoy it for its value. Because people are going to second-guess everything you do.

Your customers get better when you do.

If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.

Anyone who spends their life on a computer is pretty unusual.

Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it’s true.

We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule.