Bill Gates

If you are born poor it's not your mistake, but if you die poor it's your mistake.

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

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

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without talking about the other.

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.

If you show people the problems and you show them the solutions, they will be moved to act.

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

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

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Capitalism is a pretty awesome thing.

The vision is that the Internet becomes a place where you can get any information, any time, anywhere.

The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.

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

The great thing about a computer is that when you're working on it, you're not thinking about anything else.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions, they will be moved to act.

The world is not a zero-sum game. When we lift people out of poverty, we create new markets, new opportunities, and a more stable world.

The most amazing things can happen if you just don't give up.