" If you are born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor it’s your mistake."
Bill Gates
American Business Magnate
BILL GATES QUOTES
Quotes on Making the World Better:
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.
The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can’t solve extreme poverty and disease, isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful.
"We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”
Quotes to Think About:
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure.
We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.
Life is not fair. Get used to it!
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.
If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.
If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.
About
BILL GATES
Bill Gates, best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, is an American businessperson, software developer, investor, and philanthropist.
Gates, along with his childhood friend Paul Allen, co-founded Microsoft in 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He led the company as chairman and CEO until stepping down as CEO in January 2000, but he remained chairman and became chief software architect. In February 2014, he stepped down as chairman of Microsoft and assumed a new post as technology adviser to support the newly appointed CEO Satya Nadella.
In 2000, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates established the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest private charity. In 2009, along with Warren Buffett, Gates founded The Giving Pledge, whereby they and other billionaires pledge to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropy. The foundation aims to save lives and improve global health and is working in association with Rotary International to eliminate polio.
In 2015, Bill and Melinda Gates received the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award for their social work in the country. Barack Obama honored the couple with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their philanthropic efforts in 2016.