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Success Quotes by Bill Gates

57 Success quotes by Bill Gates

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Bill Gates says that strong partnerships have powered his achievements from the start. He warns that success can make smart people think they can't lose, so learning from mistakes is essential. He also notes that patience is a key ingredient in any lasting accomplishment.

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Patience is a key element of success.

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Philanthropy should be voluntary.

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The best teacher is very interactive.

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To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.

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Who decides what's in Windows? The customers who buy it.

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I'm cooler than you. WAAAY cooler.

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If i will start all over again I would chose network marketing.

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I studied everything but never topped. but today, the topnotcher of the best universities are my employees...

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Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.

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To succeed, you also have to know how to make choices and how to think more broadly.

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Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to…

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I'm a big believer that as much as possible, and there's obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing.

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

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The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.

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Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies.

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Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to…

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I love building the products, seeing people use the products but you know along with success comes the need for a dialogue…

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You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold,…

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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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You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of…

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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's…

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The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have…

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Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of…

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Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning…

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Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the…

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Humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries – but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy,…

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I think when smallpox was eliminated, the whole world got pretty excited about that because it's just such a dramatic success.

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Life is not a continuous process, there's some sort of finite number of achievements that defines your life.

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If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.

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We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.

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

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In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

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I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.

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The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.

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

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Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

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

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Microsoft has had many, many successful products. I'm committed to one company. This is the industry I've decided to work in.

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Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

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

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Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

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Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering.

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.

Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate…

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.