Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed.

If you did not care at all what anyone else thought about you, what would you do differently or change in your life?

Make a decision to be successful right now. Most people never decide to be wealthy and that is why they retire poor.

If you don't actively and decidedly choose to be the best, you automatically default to the lower 80% in your field.

Structure your presentation so that you appeal to the different interests of the different decision-makers involved.

Within HTC, hundreds of ideas are tested and discarded to find those rare ideas that define the HTC user experience.

It's very rare that a person, especially in his twenties and thirties, can do more than one business and do it well.

I used to be really anxious about money. I got that from my parents. I still am, but for entirely different reasons.

Donald Trump and Mike Pence will restore the American dream for the next would-be visionary from small-town America.

China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.

People have to understand that unless social enterprise is experimental, it will not succeed in making a difference.

The idea that we need to “pay our dues” is a lie told to us by people who wanted our efforts and labor on the cheap.

We’re built to move on. Someone dies, no matter how close you are to them, you move on. That helps in a lot of ways.

I believe in never giving up, no matter what the odds. My mantra is, 'Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.'

All of Christian existence ... stands within an expectation. Its fulfillment may be sure, but its timing is unknown.

I have made it possible for many colored women to abandon the washtub for a more pleasant and profitable occupation.

We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.

If I were to wish for two things, they would be as much bandwidth as possible and ridiculously fast browser engines.

The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are.

Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable.

This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty.

I should never seek a job in my life, my mission in life is to create jobs. I am not a job seeker, I am a job giver.

Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific, simple habits that always lead to success.

Start-up teams are always in flux, so, like all start-ups, we're always talking to candidates for various key roles.

Among the songs I love best were those that I see as historically important, and helped change and develop my taste.

If you don't have both of them working together in a complementary, cohesive way, you're not going to be successful.

It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans.

Good PR educates people; that's all it is. You can't con people in this business. The products speak for themselves.

I'm an engineer by trade, and what engineers do is they go and build, and they don't think a lot about storytelling.

I think the kazoo and chocolate-chip cookies have a lot in common. All you need is a mouth to appreciate either one.

Look for new enabling technologies that create a wide gap between how things have been done and how they can be done.

In a user lead model, users are bringing in their own technology... and you can build software then, around the user.

I competed in a test round of 'Kitchen Casino.' I feel like it's good to know what the competitors are going through.

The blessing that I got from my parents, even if they didn't really teach me about money, was their simple lifestyle.

Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it.

You can accomplish virtually any goal you set for yourself, as long as the goal is clear and you persist long enough.

Ideas are a dime a dozen, but people who put them into effect are extremely rare. Be the minority and make it happen!

In times of turbulence and rapid change, you must constantly be re-evaluating yourself relative to the new realities.

Mostly what I'm focused on is finding people who are younger who haven't built companies before but have a good idea.

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attract entrepreneurial talent.

Years ago, as I was beginning my professional career on Wall Street, I volunteered as a Big Brother in New York City.

There is no luck, you work hard and study things intently. If you do that for long and hard enough you're successful.

We also have no incentive compensation of any kind. And the reason we don’t is because it is detrimental to teamwork.

Running has become so therapeutic for me because I block out all thoughts or get really crystal clear business ideas.

When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.

Good companies are always fundraising. Whether you're meeting people or considering firms, you're always fundraising.

I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succeed after failing.

I am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race.

The old ways of teaching are slow and expensive. But with mobile, cost plummets, access broadens, and pedagogy rises.

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