The developments made by Bill Gates have directly and indirectly shaped the lives of almost all human beings. He has been characterized by his urgent need to create a better world; from proposing to create meat-flavored transgenic seeds; to endorsing the creation of easy-to-grow plant-based eggs. Because of his success and versatility, we bring you the best 55 Bill Gates phrases to inspire you.
The founder of Microsoft is listed as the fourth richest man in the world (June 2022); according to Forbes magazine.
Beyond the amount of money he has, he is and will be a benchmark for this generation and for generations to come. That’s why we share the best 55 phrases of Bill Gates (below the video)
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55 Phrases from Bill Gates to inspire you to go further.
- I choose lazy people for complicated jobs, because I know they will find an easy way to do it.
- Life is not fair, get used to it!
- Leaders are those who empower others.
- Do not compare yourself to anyone in this world, if you do, you are insulting yourself.
- There are always more challenges than hours.
- It’s okay to celebrate triumphs, but it’s more important to pay attention to the lessons that failures leave behind.
- My success… I owe it to the fact that I concentrated on few things.
- We tell people that if no one laughs at at least one of their ideas, they probably aren’t being creative enough.
Bill Gates quotes #9.
- Success is a lousy teacher, it seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose
- The great advances of humanity are not its discoveries; if not how those discoveries will be applied to reduce inequality.
- Our competitors didn’t think of software in this global way. They didn’t think about tools or efficiency. So they created a product, but they didn’t revamp it to the next generation.
- Steve and I were very different. But we were both good at picking people. We were both hyper energetic and worked super hard.
- Money is of no use to me beyond a certain point. Its usefulness is entirely in building an organization and bringing resources to the world’s poorest.
- Your most unhappy customers are your best source of learning.
- Intellectual property has the lifespan of a banana.
Bill Gates quotes #16.
- Of my mental cycles, I dedicate maybe 10% to business thinking. The business is not that complicated.
- The market does not drive scientists, communicators, thinkers, the government to do things well. And just paying attention to these things, and having brilliant people who care and attract other people; we can make all the progress we need.
- Stability and education are important… but innovation is the true engine of progress.
- If I think an idea is a waste of time or inappropriate, I don’t wait to point it out. I say it right away. In real time. So you can hear me say, “That’s the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard,” many times during a meeting.
- We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we dwell on their suffering.
Bill Gates quotes #21.
- We all need people to give us feedback. This is how we improve.
- Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.
- We have to invest a lot of money in changing behavior.
- The most incredible philanthropists are the people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.
- The general idea of the rich helping the poor seems important to me.
- I think if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions, they will be prompted to act.
- Personally, I’d like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.
Bill Gates quotes #28.
- Like my friend Warren Buffett, I feel particularly lucky to be able to do something I love every day.
- We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve the richest people; also serve the poorest people.
- Expectations are a form of truth: if people believe them, they are true.
- The belief that the world is getting worse and that we cannot solve extreme poverty and disease is not only wrong; it is harmful.
- When a country has the ability and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes foreigners eager to take part.
- I really had a lot of dreams as a kid, and I think a lot of it stemmed from the fact that I had the chance to read a lot.
Bill Gates quotes #34.
- Be nice to the nerds. You will most likely end up working for one.
- Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids to work together and get motivated; the teacher is the most important.
- If you give people tools and they use their natural abilities and curiosity; they will develop things in ways that will surprise you far beyond what you could have expected.
- We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years; and we underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t be lulled into inaction.
- To win big, sometimes you have to take big risks.
- I failed some exam topics, but my friend passed all of them. Now he is an engineer at Microsoft and I am the owner.
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Bill Gates quotes #40.
- Measure programming progress by the number of lines of code; it is like measuring the progress of the construction of the airplane by its weight.
- Capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people; he makes wonderful inventions. But as far as diseases of the world in general, we were really disappointed.
- When you have money, you forget who you are. When you don’t have money, the world forgets you.
- Just in terms of time resource allocation, religion is not very efficient. There’s so much more you could be doing on a Sunday morning.
- The advancement of technology is based on making it fit. In such a way that it is not noticed and is part of everyday life.
- Around three million computers are sold each year in China; but people don’t pay for the software. However, one day they will. As long as they’re going to steal it, we want ours to be stolen. They will be addicted and then somehow; we’ll figure out how to collect them sometime in the next decade.
Bill Gates quotes #46.
- The first rule of any technology used in a business; is that automation applied to an efficient operation will increase efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation; inefficiency will increase.
- The Internet will help bring about “friction-free capitalism.” By putting the buyer and seller in direct contact and by providing them with more information about each other.
- To create a new standard, you need something that isn’t just a little different. It takes something really new and really captures people’s imaginations.
- People are always afraid of change. You were afraid of electricity when it was invented, weren’t you? They were also afraid of coal and gasoline engines… There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But over time, people will accept.
- Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t have summers, and very few employers are interested in helping you.
Bill Gates quotes #51.
- Patience is a key element of success.
- A first generation fortune is the most likely to be donated. But once a fortune is inherited, a very large percentage is less likely to return to society.
- In terms of getting things done, I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don’t know if there is a god or not, but I think the religious principles are quite valid.
- Powerful women are sexually voracious rulers like Catherine the Great or Elizabeth I; or treacherous bitches like Cleopatra or Helen of Troy.
- Software is a great combination between art and engineering.
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