Bill Gates Quotes About Life, Success, And Business

Bill Gates, born on October 28, 1955, is an American business magnate, software developer, philanthropist, and author. He co-founded Microsoft Corporation, one of the world’s largest and most successful technology companies, alongside Paul Allen in 1975. Gates played a crucial role in the personal computer revolution by helping to popularize and develop software for early microcomputers.

Under Gates’ leadership, Microsoft developed and released various groundbreaking products, including MS-DOS and Windows, which became the dominant operating systems for personal computers in the 1980s and 1990s. Microsoft’s success made Gates one of the wealthiest individuals globally, earning him the title of the world’s richest person for many years.

In 2000, Bill Gates stepped down as Microsoft’s CEO and focused more on his philanthropic efforts. In 2000, he and his then-wife, Melinda Gates, established the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a private charitable organization dedicated to addressing global issues such as poverty, healthcare, education, and access to information technology. The foundation has been actively involved in various projects worldwide, and Bill Gates has been a prominent advocate for public health and the fight against infectious diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, and polio.

In recent years, Bill Gates has been actively involved in climate change initiatives and the development of clean energy technologies. He has also authored books on various topics, including business, technology, and global challenges.

Bill Gates Quotes

1. “Patience is a key element of success.”
— Bill Gates

2. “Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.”
— Bill Gates

3. “If you are born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor it’s your mistake.”
— Bill Gates

4. “Life is not fair. Get used to it.”
— Bill Gates

5. “To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.”
— Bill Gates

6. “Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.”
— Bill Gates

7. “Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”
— Bill Gates

8. “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”
— Bill Gates

9. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
— Bill Gates

10. “If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.”
— Bill Gates

11. “Only through focus can you do world-class things, no matter how capable you are.”
— Bill Gates

12. “I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”
— Bill Gates

13. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
— Bill Gates

14. “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”
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15. “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”
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16. “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
— Bill Gates

17. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”
— Bill Gates

18. “If your business is not on the Internet, then your business will be out of business.”
— Bill Gates

19. “I work hard because I love my work.”
— Bill Gates

20. “People cannot become truly knowledgeable without being excellent readers.”
— Bill Gates

21. “If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.”
— Bill Gates

22. “We’re changing the world with technology.”
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23. “Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.”
— Bill Gates

24. “I am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously.”
— Bill Gates

25. “Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent.”
— Bill Gates

26. “A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts.”
— Bill Gates

27. “To be a good professional engineer, always start to study late for exams because it teaches you how to manage time and tackle emergencies.”
— Bill Gates

28. “I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. But many others were also in the same place. The difference was that I took action.”
— Bill Gates

29. “Leaders are those who empower others.”
— Bill Gates

30. “Banking is necessary – banks are not.”
— Bill Gates

31. “I am not topper in my university but all toppers are working in my microsoft company.”
— Bill Gates

32. “Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.”
— Bill Gates

33. “Investing in tomorrow’s technology today is more critical than ever…”
— Bill Gates

34. “Customers want high quality at low prices and they want it now.”
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35. “Software is the magic thing whose importance only goes up over time.”
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36. “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.”
— Bill Gates

37. “I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world.”
— Bill Gates

38. “Automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”
— Bill Gates

39. “If I only had two dollars left I would spend one dollar on PR.”
— Bill Gates

40. “The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition, is to do an outstanding job with information.”
— Bill Gates

41. “Bringing together the right information with the right people will dramatically improve a company’s ability to develop and act on strategic business opportunities.”
— Bill Gates

42. “Legacy is a stupid thing! I don’t want a legacy.”
— Bill Gates

43. “Common Core is a big win for education.”
— Bill Gates

44. “While we’re all very dependent on technology, it doesn’t always work.”
— Bill Gates

45. “My grade point average went from a 2.2 to a 4.0 over the summer. I wanted to get straight A’s. I decided to get straight A’s. I didn’t want people to think I was dumb. And when you get straight A’s once, its easier.”
— Bill Gates

46. “The internet is just a passing fad.”
— Bill Gates

47. “And knowledge management is a means, not an end.”
— Bill Gates

48. “I hope someday what people can do with their lives depends on their talents and how hard they are willing to work, rather than on where they happen to be born.”
— Bill Gates

49. “The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld.”
— Bill Gates

50. “There is a difference between what technology enables and what historical business practices enable.”
— Bill Gates

51. “The future of Windows is to let the computer see, listen and even learn.”
— Bill Gates

52. “There’s nobody getting rich writing software that I know of.”
— Bill Gates

53. “If you believe that every life has equal value, it’s revolting to learn that some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not. We said to ourselves: “This can’t be true. But if it is true, it deserves to be the priority of our giving.””
— Bill Gates

54. “If you’re using first-class land for biofuels, then you’re competing with the growing of food. And so you’re actually spiking food prices by moving energy production into agriculture.”
— Bill Gates

55. “Even though I only have a high-school degree, I’m a professional student.”
— Bill Gates

56. “If your culture doesn’t like geeks, you are in real trouble.”
— Bill Gates

57. “I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.”
— Bill Gates

58. “The inventory, the value of my company, walks out the door every evening.”
— Bill Gates

59. “People everywhere love Windows.”
— Bill Gates

60. “The pace of progress in biology creates a foundation that naturally gets picked up by the biotech and pharmaceutical industry to solve rich-world diseases. This is attractive science. It’s science that people want to work on.”
— Bill Gates

61. “Two out of every five people on Earth today owe their lives to the higher crop outputs that fertilizer has made possible.”
— Bill Gates

62. “Innovation is a good thing. The human condition – put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes – is improving because of innovation.”
— Bill Gates

63. “Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.”
— Bill Gates

64. “If you take from the most wealthy and give to the least wealthy, it’s good. It starts to balance out.”
— Bill Gates

65. “Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great.”
— Bill Gates

66. “Depending on where you live, cooking, sex and pooping are either 3 of life’s pleasures or what kills you.”
— Bill Gates

67. “Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.”
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68. “We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.”
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69. “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 on the e-mail that matters most.”
— Bill Gates

70. “When I was in college, for the games of that era, I was as hard core as anyone was. I wouldn’t say I outgrew it, but you always have to have a finite number of addictions.”
— Bill Gates

71. “Like a human being, a company has to have an internal communication mechanism, a “nervous system”, to coordinate its actions.”
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72. “Vision without execution is daydreaming.”
— Bill Gates

73. “Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling.”
— Bill Gates

74. “I don’t generally read a lot of fiction.”
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75. “When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.”
— Bill Gates

76. “3D is a way of organizing things, particularly as we’re getting much more media information on the computer, a lot more choices, a lot more navigation than we’ve ever had before.”
— Bill Gates

77. “I think any statement about stock prices is always suspect unless it’s made by Warren Buffett.”
— Bill Gates

78. “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.”
— Bill Gates

79. “A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it’s less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.”
— Bill Gates

80. “I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.”
— Bill Gates

81. “The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.”
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82. “I’m not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I’m a huge believer in.”
— Bill Gates

83. “Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.”
— Bill Gates

84. “If you are low income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than getting a 4-year degree.”
— Bill Gates

85. “There is a certain responsibility that accrued to me when I got to this unexpected position.”
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86. “Vaccination is one of the easiest things on the way to development. It’s much easier than roads and a great education system. It’s very basic. It’s one of the first things you want to get right.”
— Bill Gates

87. “I have a particular relationship with Vinod Khosla because he’s got a lot of very interesting science-based energy startups.”
— Bill Gates

88. “I don’t think you’re as capable of handling lack of sleep or whatever challenges you throw at your body as you get older. However, I never missed a day of work.”
— Bill Gates

89. “The power of capitalism to mediate the gap between rich and poor is pretty incredible. Indeed, I think, year by year, the gap gets less.”
— Bill Gates

90. “The Ebola epidemic can serve as an early warning wake-up call to get ready. If we start now, we can be ready for the next epidemic.”
— Bill Gates

91. “The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.”
— Bill Gates

92. “If I will start all over again I would choose network marketing.”
— Bill Gates

93. “There are more people dying of malaria than any specific cancer.”
— Bill Gates

94. “Stolen’s a strong word. It’s copyrighted content that the owner wasn’t paid for.”
— Bill Gates

95. “Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There’s a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.”
— Bill Gates

96. “In order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us to have the prospect of humiliation. Sputnik helped us fund good science – really good science: the semiconductor came out of it.”
— Bill Gates

97. “I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.”
— Bill Gates

98. “According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.”
— Bill Gates

99. “As for drugs – well, Gates was certainly not unusual there. Marijuana was the pharmaceutical of choice…”
— Bill Gates

100. “Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.”
— Bill Gates