The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all of the time.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all of the time.

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

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.

An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.

The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it

Stay self-funded as long as possible.

The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

A poorly implemented feature hurts more than not having it at all.

It’s almost always harder to raise capital than you thought it would be, and it always takes longer. So plan for that.

User experience is everything. It always has been, but it’s undervalued and underinvested in. If you don’t know user-centered design, study it. Hire people who know it. Obsess over it. Live and breathe it. Get your whole company on board.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.