"Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience."
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"My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world."
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"When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts."
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"The highly motivated people in society are the ones causing all the trouble. It's not the lazy unmotivated folks sitting in front of a TV eating potato chips who bother anyone."
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"When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness…I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that."
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"A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake."
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"May you have a strong foundation when the winds of change shift...and may you be forever young."
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"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."
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"The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything."
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"Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations."
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"It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually."
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"The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste."
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"If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you"
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"You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open."
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"That which holds our attention determines our action."
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"A language is not just a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules. ... Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind."
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"Doesn't matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water."
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"Motivation is when you get hold of an idea and carry it through to its conclusion, inspiration is the reverse. An idea gets hold of you and carries you where you are intended to go."
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"I have a lot of doubters. I use that as motivation."
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"Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives."
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