William Henry Gates III (Bill Gates) is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, and humanitarian. He is best known as the principal founder of Microsoft Corporation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014.

Bill Gates is the 2nd richest man on earth according to Forbes, he has a net worth of $100.8 billion. He is an entrepreneur, innovator, leader, visionary, and philanthropist. May his quotes inspire within you the belief that you can achieve your dreams and live life on your terms.

1. “Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world, if you do so, you are insulting yourself.” Bill Gates
 2. “If you were born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor it’s your mistake.” Bill Gates
 3. “Patience is a key element of success.” Bill Gates
 4. “I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.” Bill Gates
 5. “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
 6. “I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think that a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.” Bill Gates
 7. It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” Bill Gates
 8. “People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn’t they.” Bill Gates
 9. “Find yourself.” Bill Gates
 10. “To win big, you sometimes need to take big risks.” Bill Gates
 11. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” Bill Gates
 12. “Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.” Bill Gates
 13. “On my desk I have three screens, synchronized to form a single desktop. I can drag items from one screen to the next. Once you have that large display area, you’ll never go back, because it has a direct impact on productivity.” Bill Gates
 14. “What’s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.” Bill Gates
 15. “The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it’s Microsoft Office or Windows, its pushing that forward. New ideas, surprising the marketplace, so good engineering and good business are one in the same.” Bill Gates
 16. “Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.” Bill Gates
 17. “Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.” Bill Gates
 18. “Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.” Bill Gates
 19. “I don’t think there’s anything unique about human intelligence.” Bill Gates
 20. “I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.” Bill Gates
 21. “At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top – I’m afraid that’s not quite right.” Bill Gates
 22. “Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity – the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.” Bill Gates
 23. “I spend a lot of time reading.” Bill Gates
 24. "I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.” Bill Gates
 25. “The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.” Bill Gates
 26. “I’m a geek.” Bill Gates
 27. “I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.” Bill Gates
 28. “Our success has really been based on partnerships from the beginning.” Bill Gates
 29. “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” Bill Gates
 30. “Don’t make the same decision twice. Spend time and thought to make a solid decision the first time so that you don’t revisit the issue unnecessarily.” Bill Gates