A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't.

Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.

You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.

I believe in two principles: Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities!

If you don't give up, you still have a chance. And when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.

Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives.

A good job isn't something you go out and find, it's something you discover while you're working.

Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueller. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful.

If you’re still poor at 35, you deserve it.

EBay may be a shark in the ocean, but I'm a crocodile in the Yangtze River. If we fight in the ocean, we lose, but if we fight in the river, we win.

Finish Well

Luck is believing your lucky.

Just because you're sober, don't think you're a good driver, Cookie.

And now, the Superstore - unequaled in size, unmatched in variety, unrivaled inconvenience.

Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen.

I think you’ve got to be very, very careful when you start making blanket statements about what people say and think, as opposed to what they do. It’s a very, very slippery slope.

Tell her we don’t bite.” “I don’t lie to my friends.

In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.

When I look back to when I had my first son, I was unhappy. I couldn't understand why the weight wasn't just falling off.

I was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and I do know from what my parents tell me that I was always interested in art, although not very good at it.