Our ambitions are bold and so must be our desire to change and evolve our culture.

Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn.

Finally, I truly believe that each of us must find meaning in our work. The best work happens when you know that it's not just work, but something that will improve other people's lives.

Our industry does not respect tradition - it only respects innovation.

The way I measure my life is 'Am I better than I was last year?'

You renew yourself every day. Sometimes you're successful, sometimes your not, but it's the average that counts.

Many companies aspire to change the world. But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources and perseverance. Microsoft has proven that it has all three in abundance.

Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.

I marvel every day at how people can excel - and that’s what really gets me going.

If you are going to have a risk-taking culture, you can't really look at every failure as a failure, you've got to be able to look at the failure as a learning opportunity.

One of the strangest things is the act of creation.You are faced with a blank slate—a page, a canvas, a block of stone or wood, a silent musical instr

Don't run from your pain — run into your pain.

A massive amount of quantity with a deliberate focus on improvement leads to the knowledge and experience of how to make quality.

I wonder do the gods know what it feels like to be a man.

a trouble shared is a trouble half endured.

At that age you think boys have as much personality as coat hangers and, you don't notice their looks. Then you grow up.

You know, I've never killed a man before. I mean I droped bombs on the enemy from the above, but never face to face. [thinking pause] I don't see what the big deal is - I really don't.

because everybody lies. It's part of living in society .

Friendship is so much healthier than other crutches -alcohol or TV or religious fanaticism. One healthy crutch shouldn't be against the rules.

The first thing that's important is to really have people believe in you. If you have that, you can do anything.