Don’t stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.

I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

A ship in harbor is safe. But that’s now what ships are built for.

The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize.

Be nice to geek’s, you’ll probably end up working for one

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

Every feature has some maintenance cost, and having fewer features lets us focus on the ones we care about and make sure they work very well.

There is only one success- to be able to spend your life in your own way.

If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.

If you don’t have a competitive advantage

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others… I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.