Quotes
I’m constantly adding new quotes that speak to me. I hope you enjoy exploring the collection as much as I’ve enjoyed creating it.
“If you have an idea that you genuinely think is good, don't let some idiot talk you out of it.”
“All those unseen details combine to produce something that's just stunning, like a thousand barely audible voices all singing in tune.”
“Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.”
“You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time.”
“Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.”
“To lose patience is to lose the battle.”
“Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you’ll suck forever.”
“Make yourself proud by making people’s lives easier, richer and more fun. Don’t just give people choice, help them to choose.”
“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will.”
“You cannot erase me from the heart of this nation.”
“During change, spotlight the anchors as much as sails.”
“In a world of scarcity, we treasure tools. In a world of abundance, we treasure taste.”
“You don’t tell people you’re funny... You make them laugh, and then they make up their mind.”
“Better a hole than an a**hole.”
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
“I’m more worried about the dangers of natural stupidity than artificial intelligence.”
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
“If you’re afraid you’ll fail, you won’t get very far.”
“To build something durable, you have to make it simple.”
“We can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
“Life can only be understood backwards, but we have to live it forwards.”
“Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time.”
“Winning an argument was never more important than preserving the relationship.”
“They will fly once their own wings are strong enough.”
“There are invisible problems all around us, ones we can solve. But first we need to see them, to feel them.”
“The key thing to remember about me is that I’m still a student, I’m still in boot camp.”
“If there’s a simple, easy design principle that binds everything together, it’s probably about starting with the people.”
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
“True freedom starts with nothing to hide.”
“Everything interacts and is dependent on other things.”
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible.”
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
“I could do anything if I only knew what it was.”
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
“Self care isn’t selfish. It’s hard to take care of other people when you aren’t in a good place yourself.”
“Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
“When things don’t work out as we wish, it may be that we have not been 100% clear in our request.”
“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”
“If you feel like taking a sick leave every morning, it’s time to look for a job that doesn’t make you sick.”
“The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.”
“If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
“When you pray for rain, you gotta deal with mud too.”
“Designing a presentation without an audience in mind is like writing a love letter and addressing it ‘to whom it may concern.’”
“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.”
“It’s better to have 100 people love you than one million people that sort of like you.”
“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
“Eagles fly because they have wings. Humans fly because they know how to cooperate in large numbers.”
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
“Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning... Anyone can start over and make a new ending.”
“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.”
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.”
“Someone can give you the price, but no one can tell you what something’s worth.”
“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.”
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life forever.”
“Life is too short to stand still.”
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is a success.”
“Get healthy, help people, love your family, build sh*t, and travel the world. Everything else is a giant distraction.”
“If you have the opportunity to do amazing things in your life, bring someone with you.”
“Top piece of advice in nearly every situation: Don’t overthink it.”
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.”
“Don’t fall in love with success. Fall in love with the habits that brings success.”
“Never say you can’t do it. Say I haven’t done it yet.”
“Never underestimate the ability of a small group of dedicated people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
“The most important day is the day you decide you’re good enough for you. It’s the day you set yourself free.”
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
“To get on a path to success, we need a plan. To achieve success, we need to be flexible when the path is blocked.”
“We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.”
“You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.”
“The cold water doesn’t get warmer if you jump late.”
“Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.”
“If you wish to be the king of the jungle, it’s not enough to act like a king. You must be the king. There can be no doubt.”
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.”
“Craftman is knowing how to work, art is knowing when to stop.”
“Limit everything to the essential, but do not remove the poetry.”
“People don’t buy what you do. They buy why you do it.”
“You can’t do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously.”
“A fool with a tool is still a fool.”
“You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times.”
“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”