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

Everything started as nothing.

“I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

You’ve got to stop doing all the things that people have tried, tested, and found out don’t work.

Make it happen now, not tomorrow. Tomorrow is a loser’s excuse.

While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it.

Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.

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.

Do not wait to strike until the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking

No man was ever wise by chance.

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.

Anything the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

Do not wait to strike until the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

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

Show me a person who never made a mistake, and I will show you a person who never did anything.

No man was ever wise by chance.

Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed. It's that simple.