“To me, business isn’t about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It’s about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.”

Confidence breeds confidence and negativity breeds negativity.

Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.

Unless you dream, nothing will happen. If you dream, you might be able to make your dreams come true.

Once a changemaker, always a changemaker but only a few swim against the tide.

There is so much to be learned from listening to people’s hopes, frustrations, and points of view.

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, ‘Oh God, I’ve got to do this today.’

There are no quick wins in business – it takes years to become an overnight success.

The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me.

I am convinced that companies should put staff first, customers second and shareholders third – ultimately that’s in the best interest of customers and shareholders.

Chance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, the luckier you become.

If you take care of your workers they’ll take care of your business.

Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of the life’s greatest pleasures!

Starting a business is a huge amount of hard work. You had better enjoy it.

If you get into business solely to make money, you won’t. If you try to make a real difference, you’ll find success.

Life’s too short. If you’re passionate – stand up.

If you look for the best in your employees, they’ll flourish. If you criticize or look for the worst, they’ll shrivel up. We all need lots of watering.

We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.

Strategy is figuring out what not to do.

What is the one sentence summary of how you change the world? Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!

The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.

If his forces are united, separate them.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.

There’s a lot that can be done for people who are using technology in a better way.