Bill Gates

American businessman, software developer, investor, author, philanthropist, the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation

Famous Bill Gates quotes


As the co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates is one of the most well-known individuals of modern times. As one of the leading figures responsible for the advancement of computer technology in the 1970s and 1980s, his far-reaching innovations touch each of our lives every single day. Bill Gates teaches us to celebrate our successes but also to learn the appropriate lessons from our failures and mistakes.

Collaboration is a large part of success, and Gates underscores the importance of surrounding yourself with the right team of people, those who aren’t afraid to speak up and give you honest feedback. But just as it is important to ensure that you have the right team in place, it is more important for true leaders to empower others.

A key aspect of Bill Gates’ career and legacy has been his involvement in philanthropy, and his belief that everyone should be given a chance to succeed, regardless of their background or economic situation. He leads by example, not just through words, but by his actions. He uses his own wealth to inspire change in the world, and to invest in low-income populations to give them a chance at prosperity.

Even though we may not have billions of dollars to give away, we can all be a part of economic change and development. It is harmful, even dangerous, to believe that you can’t personally affect positive change in the world. Through Bill Gates’ quotes on success and the importance of philanthropy, we can continuously be reminded that the future of the world is ultimately in our hands.

 
Bill Gates sayings about success
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
- Bill Gates
Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summer off, and very few employers are interested in helping you. So, find yourself. –
- Bill Gates
Unfortunately, the highly curious student is a small percentage of the kids.
- Bill Gates
Life is not fair, get used to it!
- Bill Gates
Bill Gates quotes
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
- Bill Gates
Leaders need to provide strategy and direction and to give employees the tools that enable them to gather information and insight from around the world. Leaders shouldn’t try to make every decision.
- Bill Gates
It is fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
- Bill Gates
Life is not fair – get used to it!
- Bill Gates
If you are born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor it’s your mistake.
- Bill Gates
I am results-oriented.
- Bill Gates
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.
- Bill Gates
We start life with many big dreams–things we want to accomplish, create, build and experience. But if you ask anyone past the age of 40 what happened to all the dreams they had, they will most likely answer; Life.
- Bill Gates
The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.
- Bill Gates
At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top. I’m afraid that’s not quite right.
- Bill Gates
Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10% to business thinking. Business isn’t that complicated.
- Bill Gates
If you want to improve the situation of the poorest two billion on the planet, having the price of energy go down substantially would be the best thing you could do for them.
- Bill Gates
If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.
- Bill Gates
I read an hour almost every night. It's part of falling asleep.
- Bill Gates
It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
- Bill Gates
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
- Bill Gates
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
- Bill Gates
Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast, or a bridge player.
- Bill Gates
Eventually, all companies are replaced.
- Bill Gates
Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.
- Bill Gates
When you have money in hand,only you forget who are you .But when you do not have any money in your hand,the whole world forget who you are. It's life.
- Bill Gates
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.
- Bill Gates
Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's feedback you don't get from many other things.
- Bill Gates
The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.
- Bill Gates
We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.
- Bill Gates
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