Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.

A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.

There’s an entrepreneur right now, scared to death, making excuses, saying, ‘It’s not the right time just yet.’ There’s no such thing as a good time. Get out of your garage and go take a chance, and start your business.

Always deliver more than expected.

Years teach us more than books.

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

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.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.

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.

As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.

Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.

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

Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.

I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying.

Every artist was first an amateur.

I don’t have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.