When we are in groups, when we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, trust emerges and our very survival and progress goes up.

If everything goes right, we get a good experience. If everything goes wrong, we get a good story.

The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.

Greatness is not born from one success. Greatness is born from persevering through the countless failed attempts that preceded.

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

Starbucks was founded around the experience and the environment of their stores. Starbucks was about a space with comfortable chairs, lots of power outlets, tables and desks at which we could work and the option to spend as much time in their stores as we wanted without any pressure to buy. The coffee was incidental.

Givers advance the world. Takers advance themselves and hold the world back