It's ok if others share our ideas as long as they build upon them. It's called progress.

Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out to solve a problem or pursue some cause or purpose greater than themselves.

I don't care about convincing the people who think I'm naive or an idiot. I'm interested in how do I inspire the people who are open-minded that there's a different way of seeing the world.

I don't have to convince everybody in the room. I just need a critical mass of the people in the room.

I never wanted to be a public speaker.

The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.

It's the discipline to understand that the things that might make you rich or things might make you famous are sometimes worth pursuing and sometimes are not.