It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Percentages are why I am rich.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste

When things go wrong don't go with them

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Boredom is one of the most blissful feelings.

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.