Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.

An honest, open environment can bring out the best in people.

You’re able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish.

You’ll fail at some things, that’s a learning experience that you need so that you can take that on to the next experience... What you learn from those challenges and those failures are what will get you past the next ones... I was the pretty consistent bull and the cheerleader on eBay actually.

Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.

Whatever future you're building, don't try to program everything.

By building a simple system, with just a few guiding principles, eBay was open to organic growth.