In all things that you do, consider the end.

If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.

The longer you’re not taking action the more money you’re losing

If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure

I treat business a bit like a computer game. I count money as points. I’m doing really well: making lots of money and lots of points.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

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.

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

Every time I took these bigger risks, the opportunity for a bigger payout was always there.

The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.

I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.

Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom

Never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

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

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