Top 500 Bill Gates Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Patience is a key element of success.”

— Bill Gates

2. “Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.”

— Bill Gates

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3. “If you are born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor it’s your mistake.”

— Bill Gates

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4. “Life is not fair. Get used to it.”

— Bill Gates

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5. “To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.”

— Bill Gates

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6. “Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.”

— Bill Gates

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7. “Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”

— Bill Gates

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

— Bill Gates

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9. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

— Bill Gates

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10. “If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.”

— Bill Gates

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11. “Only through focus can you do world-class things, no matter how capable you are.”

— Bill Gates

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12. “I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”

— Bill Gates

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13. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”

— Bill Gates

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14. “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”

— Bill Gates

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15. “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”

— Bill Gates

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16. “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”

— Bill Gates

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17. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

— Bill Gates

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18. “I work hard because I love my work.”

— Bill Gates

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19. “If your business is not on the Internet, then your business will be out of business.”

— Bill Gates

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20. “People cannot become truly knowledgeable without being excellent readers.”

— Bill Gates

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21. “If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.”

— Bill Gates

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22. “We’re changing the world with technology.”

— Bill Gates

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23. “Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.”

— Bill Gates

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24. “I am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously.”

— Bill Gates

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25. “Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent.”

— Bill Gates

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26. “A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts.”

— Bill Gates

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27. “To be a good professional engineer, always start to study late for exams because it teaches you how to manage time and tackle emergencies.”

— Bill Gates

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28. “I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. But many others were also in the same place. The difference was that I took action.”

— Bill Gates

29. “Leaders are those who empower others.”

— Bill Gates

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30. “Banking is necessary – banks are not.”

— Bill Gates

31. “I may not be the top student in my university, but all the top students are working at my company, Microsoft.”

— Bill Gates

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32. “Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.”

— Bill Gates

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33. “Investing in tomorrow’s technology today is more critical than ever...”

— Bill Gates

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34. “Customers want high quality at low prices and they want it now.”

— Bill Gates

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35. “Software is the magic thing whose importance only goes up over time.”

— Bill Gates

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36. “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

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37. “Automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”

— Bill Gates

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38. “I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world.”

— Bill Gates

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39. “If I only had two dollars left I would spend one dollar on PR.”

— Bill Gates

40. “The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition is to do an outstanding job with information.”

— Bill Gates

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41. “Bringing together the right information with the right people will dramatically improve a company’s ability to develop and act on strategic business opportunities.”

— Bill Gates

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42. “Legacy is a stupid thing! I don’t want a legacy.”

— Bill Gates

43. “While we’re all very dependent on technology, it doesn’t always work.”

— Bill Gates

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44. “Common Core is a big win for education.”

— Bill Gates

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45. “My grade point average went from a 2.2 to a 4.0 over the summer. I wanted to get straight A’s. I decided to get straight A’s. I didn’t want people to think I was dumb. And when you get straight A’s once, its easier.”

— Bill Gates

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46. “And knowledge management is a means, not an end.”

— Bill Gates

47. “The internet is just a passing fad.”

— Bill Gates

48. “I hope someday what people can do with their lives depends on their talents and how hard they are willing to work, rather than on where they happen to be born.”

— Bill Gates

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49. “The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld.”

— Bill Gates

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50. “There is a difference between what technology enables and what historical business practices enable.”

— Bill Gates

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