Top 50 famous quotes by Bill Gates

We review great quotes from the creator of Windows and Microsoft.

William Henry Gates III (1955 - Present), more popularly known as Bill Gatesis an American businessman, computer scientist and philanthropist, known for co-founding with Paul Allen the well-known software company Microsoft.

Bill Gates is also famous for having headed for many years the number 1 in the ranking of the richest men in the world, coming to amass a fortune of 136,000 million dollars. Despite this, Bill Gates' popularity is also given by his philanthropism.

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Bill Gates's famous quotes and phrases

As mentioned above, in addition to being the richest man in the world, Bill Gates chairs, together with his wife Melinda, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, contributing billions of dollars in the fight against poverty and disease in the most underdeveloped countries.

Here we review the 50 best quotes by Gates, we review the 50 best quotes from Bill Gates, the Seattle billionaire and philanthropist..

1. Your most dissatisfied customers are your greatest source of learning.

Bill Gates tells us that looking at the mistakes you make can be more fruitful than looking at the successes.

As we look to the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Undoubtedly, times are changing and so are power roles. Cooperation and horizontality will be key in the companies of the 21st century.

3. To win big, sometimes you need to take big risks.

Always playing it safe does not always lead to success.

4. Be nice to the nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

A strong statement against bullying. Is Bill Gates speaking from his own experience?

5. I never took a day off in my 20s. Not one.

Much of Bill Gates' success came from taking advantage of every day of his youth at work.

6. I had a lot of dreams as a kid, and I think a lot of it grew out of the fact that I had the opportunity to read a lot.

Bill Gates has no doubt that reading stimulates the mind and imagination.

7. Whether it's Google, Apple or free software, we have fantastic competitors and that keeps our feet on the ground.

A noble statement from Bill Gates. He does not hesitate to applaud his competition.

8. The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.

As a philologist, Bill Gates feels a responsibility to help those in need.

9. Climate change is a terrible problem, and it needs to be solved. It deserves a huge priority.

The great problems of the 21st century do not escape Bill Gates' agenda and he does not hesitate to raise the alarm on climate change issues.

10. We should all own our own food and do our own waste management.

Self-management of food and the waste it generates will be key in the near future.

11. Software is a great combination of art and engineering.

Despite the rigidity that programming projects, it needs creativity to be well executed.

12. Ninety percent of polio cases occur in vulnerable areas.

Bill Gates does not hesitate to talk about sensitive issues such as polio.

13. I get more spam than everyone I know.

Jocular quote from Bill Gates. It is understandable that many people try to contact the billionaire.

14. For Africa to advance, you really have to get rid of malaria.

Bill Gates points directly to disease as one of Africa's biggest blockages to development.

15. I have been very fortunate, so I have an obligation to try to reduce inequality in the world. It's a form of religious belief.

Bill Gates feels the pressure to help people precisely because he knows that the randomness of life has smiled on him.

16. By improving health, empowering women, population growth is reduced.

Feminist phrase of Bill Gates where he takes the opportunity to position himself in favor of the empowerment of women.

17. It is easier to add things to a PC than it has ever been. Just one click and boom, it appears.

In the past, installing a program took time and effort. Technology is advancing by leaps and bounds.

18. Philanthropy should be voluntary.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was born out of voluntariness, not pressure to be millionaires.

19. Now, in almost any job, people use software and work with information to enable their organization to function more effectively.

Technology has facilitated the movement of information and communication in an overwhelming way.

20. Being inundated with information does not mean that we have the right information or that we are in contact with the right people.

Bill Gates warns that we must be selective with the information we receive.

21. The most amazing philanthropists are the people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.

One of those phrases where Bill Gates applauds philanthropists who actually give away a significant portion of their fortunes, not the "leftovers".

22. Private equity can take risks that public equity is not willing to take.

Bill Gates, very intelligently, tells us that public capital walks on safe ground and that private capital can reach places where public capital cannot.

23. DNA is like a computer program but much, much more advanced than any software ever created.

Bill Gates tells us how evolution in its billions of years of existence has reached a point where not even programming can compare.

24. I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need to create myths. Before we began to really understand diseases, climate and the like, we looked for false explanations.

Wink wink wink from Bill Gates to the British science popularizer. You have to put mysticism aside to get to the truth.

25. Selling in a store, working in a restaurant, making hamburgers... none of that detracts from your dignity. The name for it is "opportunity".

Bill Gates doesn't mince words when he talks about humble jobs. They can be bridges to a better future.

26. When you have money in your hand, only you forget who you are. But when you don't have money in your hand, everyone forgets who you are. That's life.

Sad phrase that speaks about people's interest.

27. I don't know if there is a God or not...

Here we can see how Bill Gates admits that he is agnostic.

28. Some people may call me a nerd. I claim the label with pride.

Another one of those Bill Gates quotes where he praises nerds and their passion for knowledge.

29. Business is a money game with few rules and a lot of risk.

Despite having made millions in business, Bill Gates tells us that business itself is not very complicated.

30. This is a fantastic time to enter the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.

Technology is advancing faster and faster and Bill Gates sees a world of opportunity.

31. Yes, you can learn anything.

Motivating phrase of Bill Gates where he invites you to learn new things.

32. I think business is very simple.

The philanthropist downplays the importance of business by saying that it is accessible to everyone.

33. Patience is a key element of success.

A simple but powerful phrase from the American.

34. Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces intelligent people even though they cannot lose.

Bill Gates is no friend of overconfidence.

35. 'I don't know' has become 'I don't know yet'.

Great phrase that invites self-improvement.

36. Life isn't fair, get used to it.

Accepting this fact may be sad, but it is necessary.

37. If geeky means that you are willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering are important, I plead guilty. If your culture doesn't like geeks, you have a real problem.

Bill Gates puts the love of knowledge on a pedestal and doesn't hesitate to say that any culture that disavows it is destined to fail.

38. The key to success in business is to detect where the world is going and get there first.

Bill Gates invites us to think "outside the box" and to be ahead of our times.

39. If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you have a boss.

Warns young people to value their teachers' interest in them, as this will not always be the case.

40. If you mess something up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't complain about your mistakes, learn from them.

You are responsible for your mistakes and no one else.

41. There will be two types of businesses in the 21st century: those that are on the Internet and those that no longer exist.

This is the Seattle native's telling statement that businesses will either be online or they won't be.

42. Of my mental cycles, I dedicate perhaps 10% to business thinking. Business is not that complicated.

Another of those phrases where Bill Gates emphasizes that business is not the most crucial part of his mental processes.

43. Keep in mind that "Information is power".

This well-known phrase does not escape from the millionaire's mouth either.

44. You will not earn 5000 euros a month right after leaving the university, and you will not be vice-president of anything until, with your effort, you have earned both achievements.

Bill Gates invites us to overcome and tells us that everything is achieved with effort.

45. The Internet provides the right information, at the right time, for the right purpose.

The ease of accessing information today is overwhelming.

46. I failed some exams, but my partner passed everything. Now he is a Microsoft engineer and I am the owner of Microsoft.

It's not all about getting good grades.

47. Legacy is a stupid thing. I don't want a legacy.

Carpe Diem? Bill Gates knows that legacy is something intangible and of no real value.

48. If you can't handle the enemy... buy it!

Jocular phrase from Seattle where he paraphrases Sun Tzu in his book The Art of War, updating it to the capitalist world in which we live.

49. These social networking things take you to crazy places.

Where has the American philanthropist gone?

50. People often ask me to explain Microsoft's success. They want to know the secret of how you go from a business that employs two people and requires very little money to a company that has more than 21,000 employees and a turnover of more than $8 billion a year. Of course, there is no single answer and luck has played a part, but I think the most important element was our original vision.

This is not the first time we have seen Bill Gates emphasize that being ahead of his time and having original ideas were key to Microsoft's success.