There is such an overvaluation of technology stocks that it is absurd. I would include our stock in that category. It is bad for the long-term worth of the economy.

Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world.

I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vision, patience, and execution.

Great companies with the way they work, first start with great leaders.

Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that.

Accessible design is good design.

There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.

The world is changing, but so is Microsoft.

You get some success. You run into some walls...it's how tenacious you are, how irrepressible, how ultimately optimistic and tenacious you are about it that will determine your success.

And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came out of nowhere. We have the number one blogging site in the world because of the innovation that's there.

I don't really know that anybody's proven that a random collection of people doing their own thing actually creates value.

Bear it in mind that people who do not take actions are not and cannot be leaders. Leadership is action.

The first rule about the low hanging fruit principle is to always watch out for low hanging branches, they’re the ones to take it away from you.

Worrying is a waste of time. It doesn't change anything. It messes with your mind and steals your happiness.

I think happy thoughts and feel happy things and I do not let myself near the swirling black edges of the hole that is my soul when I look at them.

Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.

But from the hoop's bewitching round, Her very shoe has power to wound.

Community leadership is the courage, creativity and capacity to inspire participation, development and sustainability for strong communities.

Permanent weight loss doesn’t come with an on and off switch. It is not something you do for a little while and think it is going to change your body.

Never fear your enemy but always respect them

I love the smell of freshly cut grass. It takes me back to summers in Maine.