The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

You have a viable business only if your product is either better or cheaper than the alternatives. If it’s not one or the other, you might make some money at first, but it’s not a sustainable business.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.

Be really picky with your hiring, and hire the absolute best people you possibly can. People are the most important component of almost every business, and attracting the best talent possible is going to make a huge difference.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly.

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

Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.

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

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

Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong.

What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

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

The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.