You cannot live without doing something.

Focus on essentials and try not to get distracted.

Inertia is in our minds always.

The biggest thing in life is not materials.

Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity.

Mistakes are normal and human. Make them small, accept them, correct them, and forget them.

Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards.

Choose the right employees and then set them loose.

Work well done is not only a responsibility to yourselves and society; it is also an emotional need.

All businesses make mistakes. The trick is to avoid large ones.

The only way you finish with poverty is with jobs.

When we decide to do something, we do it quickly.

Maintain austerity in good times to avoid layoffs in bad times.

All times are good times for those who know how to work.

Poverty isn’t solved with donations.

I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.

I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft.

Our main product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally.

Computer science is the operating system for all innovation.