Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Fail often so you can succeed sooner.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.

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.

It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.

Hire character. Train skill.

We make a living by what we get. But we make a life by what we give.

Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.

A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.

Start today, not tomorrow. If anything, you should have started yesterday.

All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

It takes humility to realize that we don’t know everything, not to rest on our laurels and know that we must keep learning and observing. If we don’t, we can be sure some startup will be there to take our place.

I never think of the future

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.