A quote by Bill Gates, the entrepreneur who founded Microsoft
Bill Gates is an entrepreneur who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend and became known as a key figure in the microcomputer revolution.
By creating the Windows series and dramatically increasing the number of PC users around the world, he made a major contribution that continues to shape the present day.
Today, we’ll introduce some of Bill Gates’s famous quotes.
These words, born from countless challenges he has taken on, are sure to offer hints for living your everyday life.
Quotes (1–10) by Bill Gates, the entrepreneur who founded Microsoft
If an idea of mine doesn’t get laughed at by someone at least once, I can’t claim I’m being truly original.Bill Gates
These words feel like a lesson on how to generate original ideas.
An idea that doesn’t make anyone laugh even once before it’s released might be something that already exists.
What already exists can’t be called original, and it’s probably unlikely to resonate with the public.
But our modern world is already overflowing with everything, isn’t it? In that context, these words also make us acutely feel how hard it is to create something truly original.
Still, they may be telling us that such effort is precisely what’s necessary to bring something into being.
Never compare yourself to anyone else in this world. Doing so is an act of insulting yourself.Bill Gates
When you’re working hard toward your dreams and goals, it’s easy to compare yourself to others.
Even though you know there’s no point in comparing, seeing someone ahead of you or already succeeding can make you feel anxious or inferior.
In moments like that, remember this quote from Bill Gates.
Praise yourself for being a little better than you were yesterday, and press on along the path you believe in.
There’s no need to feel inferior or jealous.
Your life is a journey only you can walk.
The problem lies in the future. That’s why I don’t look back at the past.Bill Gates
Bill Gates, one of Microsoft’s founders and a well-known American entrepreneur.
This quote that places importance on the future comes from a successful person—him.
People often look back on the past, don’t they? It’s fine to revisit good memories.
But if what you’re looking back on is past failures or mistakes, you might get stuck there.
What lies ahead of you isn’t the past—it’s the future.
Let the past be refined into experience and lessons, and live while imagining a bright future.
Often, intuition is the only thing to rely on.Bill Gates
Some people might think that intuition isn’t reliable, but it can actually be surprisingly useful.
Even Bill Gates, who said these words, may have had ideas that he began to nurture from a spark of intuition.
Intuition is a straightforward thought with no hidden agenda, right? An idea born from a blank-slate intuition can, in a sense, be innovative, full of dreams, and something that would be amazing if it worked.
By refining that idea, it might even lead to the creation of remarkable technology.
Even if it sounds like, “Is that really possible?” it might be worth following your intuition and giving it a try at least once.
The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem. The world expects you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.Bill Gates
When doing something, some people may tend to focus on their own evaluation or sense of satisfaction that they gain from it.
However, what those around you care about is not the doer’s sense of satisfaction, but what results were achieved.
This message tells us that when you take action, you should prioritize delivering results over your personal feelings.
Everyone wants to value their own emotions—wanting praise, higher evaluations, recognition.
But in a company, such personal feelings don’t matter; the only interest is in what you ultimately accomplished or produced.
Your evaluation may eventually improve, but first, make it a priority to deliver results for the company and for the users.
Life isn’t fair. Get used to it.Bill Gates
I imagine this quote strikes a chord with many people.
Equality… fairness… We all hear about them at least once in our lives, and most believe that’s how things should be.
Yet in reality, disparities lie everywhere as if they’re the norm.
Rather than lamenting that fact, Bill Gates seems to be urging us to accept it and still make the effort to move forward.
Don’t give up from the start—you can break through the status quo! You have that power! Believe it and keep pushing!
Most of the progress in human history was achieved by people who refused to accept the impossible.Bill Gates
When you try to forge a new path unlike anyone else’s, there will be times when people laugh or tell you it’s impossible, that you can’t do it.
That’s when we should remember this famous quote.
Those who don’t believe in the impossible—those who believed they could and pushed forward—are the ones who changed the world.
With that in mind, no matter what others say, you can keep going.
Pioneers tend to face denial.
But if you don’t give up and see it through, you too might become someone whose name is recorded in history.
If there is no change, there is no growth. If there is no growth, you are not truly alive.Bill Gates
Change can be for the better or for the worse.
But if you want to grow, you have to take on new things and allow yourself to change.
Even little by little, growing each day and becoming a new version of yourself… that may become a sense of fulfillment and the joy of living.
Taking on challenges is hard, and failure can hurt.
But if you’re asking yourself, “What am I living for?”, why not take a step forward and try changing yourself?
It’s good to celebrate success, but what’s more important is learning from failure.Bill Gates
We’d all rather succeed than fail—everyone feels that way.
But failing isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Of course, if you make a big mistake that inconveniences others, you should reflect on it.
Still, it’s precisely because we fail that we start asking, “What went wrong?” and “How can I avoid failing next time?” Those questions lead to learning.
That’s how people grow.
Instead of being fixated only on success, why not take on challenges with the mindset of learning from failure?
Intelligence is the ability to absorb new facts.Bill Gates
Don’t many people think that being smart equals being good at studying? Especially for students, someone who scores a perfect 100 on a test is often called smart.
But no matter how many perfect scores you get, if it’s just cramming and you forget it afterward, it won’t lead to anything.
It only has meaning when you absorb what you learn and put it into practice.
Once you learn and accumulate new knowledge, use it to improve something or to make things better.