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Inspirational Quotes by Bill Gates

91 Inspirational quotes by Bill Gates

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Competition is described as a fantastic engine that drives the computer world. Gates highlights how early partnerships built success and how expectations can shape reality like a belief. He also reminds us that life isn’t fair, so we must adapt and keep learning.

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Hey, size works against excellence.

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If I had one dollar left, I'd spend it on PR

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'I don't know' has become 'I don't know yet'.

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Vision without execution is daydreaming.

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We will never make a 32-bit operating system.

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I did not even finish my studies

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Patience is a key element of success.

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Started from the chair hop now we here.

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My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.

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Anyone who spends their life on a computer is pretty unusual.

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Customer service will become the primary value added function of every business.

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

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If I only had two dollars left I would spend one dollar on PR.

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Our vision, which has not changed since the day the company was founded.

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

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

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I'm quite worried about the fiscal imbalances that we've got and what that might mean in terms of financial crisis ahead.

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If something's expensive to develop, and somebody's not going to get paid, it won't get developed. So you decide: Do you want…

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Does the universe exist only for me? It's possible. If so, it's sure going well for me, I must admit.

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There were a lot of missteps in the early days, but because we got in early we got to make more mistakes…

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There is this thing called the GPL (Gnu Public Licence), which we disagree with... nobody can ever improve the software.

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In the decade ahead I can predict that we will provide over twice the productivity improvement that we provided in the '90s.

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If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture…

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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…

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I try to make time for reading each night. In addition to the usual newspapers and magazines, I make it a priority…

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If I think something's a waste of time or inappropriate I don't wait to point it out. I say it right away.…

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We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry. The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software, that's something we…

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We weren't trying to just go public and get rich. There was no near-term thing. It always was this many-decades thing where…

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The difference between a stranger sending you a message that you might be interested in at a very low volume level, no…

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Make it just like a Mac.

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Information work is thinking work.

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I didn't even complete my University Education

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Being maniacal about something is very helpful.

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Inspiration starts somewhere.

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Microsoft Products are Generally Bug Free

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Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.

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I spend a lot of time reading.

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This antitrust thing will blow over.

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I'm cooler than you. WAAAY cooler.

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I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.

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Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great.

The machines need to get faster. They need to get cheaper.

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Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all.…

Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive.

I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a…

At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to…

Software is more important than hardware.

Talking to mothers, always brings it home because they're so anxious to do everything they can for their kids and so tragic for them.