Bill Gates Quotes

12 quotes from Bill Gates on investing, entrepreneurship and motivation.

On investing

We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.
We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.
Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.
We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.
The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
When you have money in hand, only you forget who are you. But when you do not have any money in your hand, the whole world forget who you are. It's life.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.
Personally, I'd like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
If you think your teacher is tough, wait 'til you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.