“The people inside the group need to have some conditions to follow. We have a philosophy of leadership, ideas, and concepts. They need to share that.”

The only way you finish with poverty is with jobs.

It’s important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.

Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.

Think of an athlete. He may be very good in his own house, but not as good as his neighbors. You have to go beyond your home. You have to go worldwide.

All businesses make mistakes. The trick is to avoid large ones.

The combination of non-profit organizations like the foundations and profit businesses can work together in some areas.

I’ve always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others.

Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets, any sound investment will eventually pay off.

All times are good times for those who know how to work and have the tools to do so.

Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny.

When you are convinced of what to do and what you need to do, it’s not hard to do that.

When you live for others’ opinions, you are dead. I don’t want to live thinking about how I’ll be remembered.

People need to feel very good about their achievements. They get pride in what they are doing.

Choose the right employees and then set them loose.

Well, when I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.

The biggest things in life are not materials.

A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.

We should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.

Nearly every person who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.

What Facebook stands for in the world is giving people a voice and spreading ideas and rationalism.

He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.

Love at first sight? I absolutely believe in it! You’ve got to keep the faith. Who doesn’t like the idea that you could see someone tomorrow and she could be the love of your life? It’s very romantic.

We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

One key to entrepreneurial success is to get a great group of people around you who believe in your idea.