When you look at the accomplishments of accomplished people and you say, “Boy, that must have been really hard,” ... that was probably easy. And conversely, when you look at something that looks easy, that was probably hard. And so you’re never going to know which is which until you actually go and do it.

I just kind of had this naive approach to - well, gee, you know, why not. I’ll just go ahead and do it.

It is not really work if you are having fun.

Microloans enable the poor to lift themselves out of poverty through entrepreneurship.

In February of 1996, about six months after I created eBay, I started receiving a spate of complaints. Everyone was complaining about each other. I felt very much like I was a parent who had to adjudicate the brothers beating each other up.

I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion.

When you look at the accomplishments of accomplished people and you say, “Boy, that must have been really hard,” ... that was probably easy. And conversely, when you look at something that looks easy, that was probably hard. And so you’re never going to know which is which until you actually go and do it.