Bill Gates Inspirational Quotes

1. I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

2. If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

3. Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

4. Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

5. It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

6. If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

7. If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.

8. If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

9. We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.

10. I studied every thing but never topped.... But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees

11. As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

12. If you were born poor, it's not your fault. But if you die poor it is.

13. Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

14. I spend a lot of time reading.

15. Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be           doing on a Sunday morning.

16. I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

17. People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they?

18. People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.

19. Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning.

20. This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.

21. Patience is a key element of success.

22. Paul and I, we never thought that we would make much money out of the thing. We just loved writing software.

23. Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.

24. We're at the point now where the challenge isn't how to communicate effectively with e-mail; it's ensuring that you spend your time on the e-mail that matters most.

25. The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Bill Gates Quotes About Innovation

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.

Well the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It's basically a mechanism of democracy that, along with capitalism, scientific innovation, those things have built the modern world. And it's wonderful that the new tools have empowered that protestor so that state secrets, bad developments are not hidden anymore.

Our modern lifestyle is not a political creation. Before 1700, everybody was poor as hell. Life was short and brutish. It wasn't because we didn't have good politicians; we had some really good politicians. But then we started inventing - electricity, steam engines, microprocessors, understanding genetics and medicine and things like that. Yes, stability and education are important - I'm not taking anything away from that - but innovation is the real driver of progress.

Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved. Eliminate politics, by giving everybody the same message. Keep a flat organization in which all issues are discussed openly. Empower teams to do their own things.

Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.

I believe that every life is valuable. That we can make things better. That innovation is the key to a bright future. That we're just getting started.

The genius of capitalism lies in its ability to make self-interest serve the wider interest. The potential of a big financial return for innovation unleashes a broad set of talented people in pursuit of many different discoveries. This system, driven by self-interest, is responsible for the incredible innovations that have improved so many lives.

But the improvements will happen faster and last longer if we can channel market forces, including innovation that's tailored to the needs of the poorest, to complement what governments and nonprofits do. We need a system that draws in innovators and businesses in a far better way than we do today.

Sachin Tendulkar Quotes

1. Success is a process... During that journey sometimes there are stones thrown at you, and you convert them into milestones.
2. I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.

1. I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.
2. I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.
3. Chase your dreams .... but make sure you don't find shortcuts ....
4. Making an effort is in your hands. Giving 100% is in your hands.
5. It is important to understand that if you do fall, it's important for you to get right back up again.
6. People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.
7. I played under many Captains, but Dhoni is the one, who fulfilled my Dream of winning World Cup
8. I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.
9. If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I have values I inherited from my father. He helped many. Anyone, even a postman knocking on our door would get a glass of water and some sweets.
10. I hate losing and cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground it's a different zone altogether and that hunger for winning is always there.
11. Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.
12. Dhoni Is The Best Captain I Have Played Under
13. I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.
14. Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
15. If you don't execute on your plans, then you don't reach anywhere.
16. My life, between 22 yards for 24 years... It's hard to imagine that this is coming to an end.
17. I am not thinking too far ahead, just want to take it one thing at a time.
18. It's mental discipline that sets one apart, the ability to think differently and to generate energy in the right direction.
19. Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar.
20. Some people call it fearless, some people call it confidence. And I feel I'm confident of whatever I do.
21. From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
22. I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
23. Obviously if you're positive, then there's positive energy flowing in your body. The moments are smoother - thought process is smoother. But if there is doubt, then also your body's not going to move that well, your thought process is not clear.

Kumar Mangalam Birla Quotes

1. Well, I think the golden rule I can think of is the fact that you must follow your passion and do something that's close to your heart. And I think that that's very important, well, to be successful and to be happy.
2. Jack Welch is someone who I have always admired. In India, Narayana Murthy is someone who I have great respect for.
3. The one important factor that keeps me going is the kind of people I work with.
4. The work environment is very important in determining how enjoyable work is. It is very important to work with smart guys who have a superior level of intellectual bandwidth and still have softer skills as well.
5. There are two roadblocks in the way of transforming India into an economic giant and one of them was education. I believe that if education is privatised at primary and secondary level, lot of our problems will be answered to
6. First create jobs, and then provide skills to people.
7. In 1991, the government unleashed the power of India and created a partnership between itself and industry. As a result, India has emerged as an economic success story, and that is a matter of pride for all of us.
8. To globalize for the sake of globalizing-as a matter of ego-is perilous. Expanding internationally is hard, risky work. Globalization is not just about putting up a plant. It's not about making an acquisition. It's much, much more.
9. One feels very blessed to be born into a family like the Birla family, which is a household name in India, which stands for tradition, is yet contemporary, stands for trust.

Mukesh Ambani Quotes

1. I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.
2. Now that economic realism has finally arrived in India, the future lies in becoming a strong economic power. Dominance in the world will come only from how well a nation can cope with economic realism and towards that India must work, must find its own place under the sun.
3. All of us, in a sense, struggle continuously all the time, because we never get what we want. The important thing which I've really learned is how do you not give up, because you never succeed in the first attempt.
4. As long as we place millions of Indians at the canter of our thought process, as long as we think of their welfare, their future, their opportunities for self realization we are on the right track. For India can grow, prosper, flourish only if they grow, prosper, flourish. We cannot grow by any esoteric strategies. Our purchasing power, our economic strength, our marketplace all depends on the prosperity of our people.
5. Relationships and trust. This is the bedrock of life.
6. You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.
7. Essentially, whoever is successful, whoever is going to do things that make a difference, is going to be talked about.
8. We are using new technologies in meaningful ways. To build our new refinery in 60 percent of the time it took to build our first, we are training 20,000 people in a new generation of welding technology in six months.
9. Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.
10. The organizational architecture is really that a centipede walks on hundred legs and one or two don't count. So if I lose one or two legs, the process will go on, the organization will go on, the growth will go on.
11. I personally think that money can do very little. And this has been my experience all across.
12. In my father's language: "To create something out of nothing." That possibility exists in India even in old-world sectors like agriculture.
13. Really do a job and do it well.
14. I don't think that ambition should not be in the dictionary of entrepreneurs. But our ambition should be realistic. You have to realise that you can't do everything.
15. We call it infectious impatience. That's his hallmark and we are trying to inculcate it in the entire organization. Infectious impatience. So that things not only get done but get done in double quick time.
16. As long as we place millions of Indians at the centre of our thought process, as long as we think of their welfare, their future, their opportunities for self-realisation we are on the right track.
17. My big advantage was to have my father accept me as first-generation.

Ratan Tata Quotes

1. If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together

2. I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.

3. Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means       we are not alive

4. None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset           can!

5. Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument

6. I admire people who are very successful. But if that success has been achieved through too much                   ruthlessness, then I may admire that person, but I can't respect him.

7. I do not know how history will judge me, but let me say that I've spent a lot of time and energy trying to         transform the Tatas from a patriarchal concern to an institutional enterprise. It would, therefore, be a mark     of failure on my part if it were perceived that Ratan Tata epitomises the Group's success. What I have           done is establish growth mechanisms, play down individuals and play up the team that has made the               companies what they are. I, for one, am not the kind who loves dwelling on the 'I'. If history remembers         me at all, I hope it will be for this transformation.

8. Business need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve.

9. I don't believe in taking right decisions..

10. I came seriously close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason      or another. Each occasion was different, but in hindsight when I look at the people involved, it wasn't a          bad thing what I did. I think it may have been more complex had the marriage taken place.

11. I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his         best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised.

12. Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a             very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to       be as fair and equitable as I could be.

13. One hundred years from now, I expect the Tatas to be much bigger than it is now. More importantly, I         hope the Group comes to be regarded as being the best in India.. best in the manner in which we                  operate, best in the products we deliver, and best in our value systems and ethics. Having said that, I            hope that a hundred years from now we will spread our wings far beyond India.

14. I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be           ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.

15. I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and                 casteism. We need to build India into a land of equal opportunity for all. We can be a truly great nation if       we set our sights high and deliver to the people the fruits of continued growth, prosperity and equal               opportunity.

16. I think the environment has become more competitive. That has made Indian industry more concerned           with a) its customers, b) the quality of its products, and c) its brand image in the marketplace.

17. Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem.

18. There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to             look back and think what I have not been able to.

19. I have also made this a point in our company: We need to stop taking baby steps and start thinking               globally. It really seems to be helping.

20. Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.

21. One of the weaknesses of Indian industry is that in many areas.. like consumer goods.. it is very                     fragmented. Individually, the companies might not be able to survive. What is needed is a consortium of         like companies in one industry, presenting a strong front to the multinationals. The Swiss watch industry         did this.

22. The day I am not able to fly will be a sad day for me.

23. We live in a highly competitive world - and we Indians have to struggle to catch up. So modesty is                 necessary, even if there is also a need for a certain amount of national pride. When it comes down to it,         we have managed our country's economy poorly for long enough. There is really no reason to now think       that we can conquer the world.

24. I have always been very confident and very upbeat about the future potential of India. I think it is a great       country with great potential.

25. The early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and remained personally very         wealthy. Tata's were different in the sense the future generations were not so wealthy. They were                   involved in the business but most of the family wealth was put into trust and most of the family did not in         fact did not enjoy enormous wealth.

101 Inspirational and Motivational Quotes for Work

1. Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right. —Henry Ford

2. Becoming is better than being. —Carol Dweck, Mindset

3. I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing. —Herman Melville, Moby Dick

4. The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. —Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop

5. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. —Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

6. Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it. —Rafiki, The Lion King

7. If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my axe. —Abraham Lincoln

8. The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. —   John Milton, Paradise Lost

9. Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. —Stephen Hawking

10. Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure. —Stanley McChrystal

11. Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me. —Michael Scott, The Office

12. The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me? —Ayn Rand
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13. Kid, there are heroes and there are legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you’ll never go wrong. —Babe Ruth, The Sandlot

14. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. —Michael Jordan

15. There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere. —Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

16. Fight till the last gasp. —William Shakespeare, Henry VI

17. Do or do not. There is no try. —Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

18. Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

19. Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. —Judy Garland

20. The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible. —Charles Kingsleigh, Alice in Wonderland (2010)

21. Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination. —Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby

22. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

23. Hey there, Mr. Grumpy Gills. When life gets you down do you wanna know what you’ve gotta do?  Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim. —Dory, Finding Nemo

24. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. —Marie Curie

25. Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. —Salvador Dali


26. If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing. — Ernest Hemingway

27. Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. —Jim Hensen

28. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. —Robert Louis Stevenson

29. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go… —Dr. Suess, Oh the Places You’ll Go

30. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly. —Neil Gaiman, The Sandman

31. For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation—the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and absorbing—is essential for high levels of creativity. —Daniel H. Pink, Drive

32. In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. — Thomas Jefferson

33. Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and again and bring their friend. — Walt Disney

34. So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible. —Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

35. Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler. —Albert Einstein

36. Innovation distinguishes from a leader and a follower. —Steve Jobs

37. The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. —J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

38. Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. —George Addai

39. I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. —Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

40. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it’s yours. —Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

41. There is only one way to avoid criticism. Do nothing. Be nothing. Say nothing. —Aristotle

42. It is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself. —Spoon Boy, The Matrix

43. Quality is job one. —Henry Ford

44. Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE. —Joss Whedon

45. The best way out is always through. —Robert Frost

46. It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. — Muhammad Ali

47. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. —John Quincy Adams

48. Speak softly and carry a big stick. —Theodore Roosevelt

49. Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. ―Mark Twain


50. It’s life. You don’t figure it out. You just climb up on the beast and ride. ―Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

51. There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas. —Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

52. Unless someone like you care a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not. —Dr. Suess, the Lorax

53. A proud heart can survive general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone. —Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

54. You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in your mind. —Irish Proverb

55. Ignorance and fear are but matters of the mind—and the mind is adaptable. —Daniel Kish

56. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. —Roald Dahl

57. Someone, at some point, came up with this very bad idea that an ordinary individual couldn’t make a difference in the world. I think that’s just a horrible thing. —John Skoll

58. Imitation is suicide. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

59. If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears. —Simon Sinek

60. Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. —Harper Lee

61. Genius is born—not paid. —Oscar Wilde

62. Very often, a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. —A.C. Benson

63. The Answer to the Great Question… Of Life, the Universe and Everything… Is… Forty-two. —Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide

64. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. —Thomas Edison

65. I’ve learned about the poetry and the wisdom and the grace that can be found in the words of people all around us when we simply take the time to listen. —Dave Isay

66. It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. —Joseph Campbell


67. Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that. —Ellen Degeneres

68. It’s easy to solve a problem that everyone sees, but it’s hard to solve a problem that almost no one sees. —Tony Fadell

69. Learning never exhausts the mind. —Leonardo Da Vinci

70. If you’re alive, you’re a creative person. —Elizabeth Gilbert


71. My mother said to me, “If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.” Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. —Pablo Picasso

72. The power of imagination makes us infinite. —John Muir

73. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. —Seneca


74. Never ruin an apology with an excuse. —Benjamin Franklin

75. Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. —Dwight D. Eisenhower

76. There are no two words in the English language more harmful than “good job.” —Terence Fletcher, Whiplash

77. Don’t persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen. — Elizabeth Lesser

78. The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. —Buddha

79. Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. —Truman Capote

80. An innovator is one who does not know it cannot be done. —R.A. Mashelkar

81. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. —Henry David Thoreau

82. As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame, but for learning. —Margaret Heffernan

83. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. —Stephen Covey


84. You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. —Jack London


85. “I’m bored” is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say “I’m bored.” —Louis C.K

86. If we can challenge convention, we can solve any problem. —Josh Valman

87. Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

88. In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun, and – SNAP – the job’s a game! —Mary Poppins


89. If you hit the target every time, it’s too near or too big. —Tom Hirshfield


90. Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. —Margaret Mead

91. You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it. —Mahatma Gandhi


92. We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. —Plato

93. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves. —Chanakya


94. What I love most about rivers is, you can’t step in the same river twice. —Pocahontas, Disney’s Pocahontas

95. Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over. —F. Scott Fitzgerald

96. It’s time to try defying gravity. —Elphaba, Wicked

97. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape. ―Charles Dickens, Great Expectations


98. Goonies never say die! —Mickey, The Goonies

99. If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path. —Buddha


100. Tough times never last, but tough people do. —Dr. Robert Schuller

101. I would visualize things coming to me. It would just make me feel better. Visualization works if you work hard. That’s the thing. You can’t just visualize and go eat a sandwich. —Jim Carrey