“If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”

There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.

Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.

You can’t realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with.

I never did a day’s work in my life, it was all fun.

What you are will show in what you do.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.

When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.

A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.

Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.

A genius is a talented person who does his homework.

Consider data without prejudice.

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

Excellence matters. I’ve pushed hard to increase our velocity, improve our execution, and focus on the big bets that will make a difference in the world.

Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them.

The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.

It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.

If you view everyone as your enemies, everyone around you will be your enemies.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.