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These business quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

"Philanthropy should be a lot more like business."

-- Bill Gates

"I studied everything but never topped. But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees."

-- Bill Gates

"The great thing about software is you can make it once and sell it a billion times."

-- Bill Gates

"We are not even close to the finish line in terms of what software can do."

-- Bill Gates

"Software is a great way to empower people."

-- Bill Gates

"Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness."

-- Bill Gates

"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."

-- Bill Gates

"The PC has made it much easier for people to do things that used to be quite difficult."

-- Bill Gates

"I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft."

-- Bill Gates

"If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?"

-- Bill Gates

"Patience is a key element of success."

-- Bill Gates

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

-- Bill Gates

"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

"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."

-- Bill Gates

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

-- Bill Gates

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

-- Bill Gates

"The talent for making money is not the same as the talent for creating value."

-- Elon Musk

"Thinking is the capital, enterprise is the way, hard work is the solution."

-- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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These business quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

Some of the most celebrated business quotes come from A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, among many others featured on this page.

Popular business quotes include: "Thinking is the capital, enterprise is the way, hard work is the solution." -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Also: "The talent for making money is not the same as the talent for creating value." -- Elon Musk.

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