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

Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.

Every single person I know who is successful at what they do is successful because they love doing it.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

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.

The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, ‘Go!’ -a leader says, ‘Let’s go!’.

The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.

Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

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

The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.

A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.

Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it.

I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.

I’m not a businessman

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.

Don’t be trapped by dogma

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly, I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.