The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

We were young, but we had good advice and good ideas and lots of enthusiasm.

I have always loved the competitive forces in this business. You know I certainly have meetings where I spur people on by saying, "Hey, we can do better than this. How come we are not out ahead on that?" Thats what keeps my job one of the most interesting in the world.

Polio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on it; it's just there as a gift for the rest of time.

Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.

We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.