“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

Believe things will work out.

Without death there would be very little progress.

You have to be burning with “an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right.” If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.

It’s not a faith in technology. It’s faith in people.

Each dream you leave behind is a part of your future that will no longer exist.

The best way to create value in the 21st century is to connect Creativity with Technology.

You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.

If a user is having a problem, it’s our problem.

You are all over the map, figure out the top 5 things you want to focus on and get rid of the rest.

You cannot mandate productivity, you must provide the tools to let people become their best.

Overnight success stories take a long time.

Strategy is figuring out what not to do.

Focus and simplicity – once you get there, you can move mountains.

That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

Never settle for average.

I would rather gamble on our vision than make a ‘me, too’ product.

Determine what your customers need, and work backwards.

Always deliver more than expected.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.

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

All important things are hard.

If people aren’t calling you crazy, you aren’t thinking big enough.

To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd.