Careful thinking and hard work will solve nearly all your problems. Try and see for yourself.

If you’ve got an idea, start today. There’s no better time than now to get going. That doesn’t mean quit your job and jump into your idea 100% from day one, but there’s always small progress that can be made to start the movement.

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

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance

Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.

I’m not a businessman

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

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

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

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.

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

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.

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

The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

Everything started as nothing.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.

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