Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Entrepreneurs
Bill Gates
Born in 1955, Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft and drove the PC revolution. He topped Forbes' list 18 times. Since the 2000s the Gates Foundation has reshaped the entrepreneur's role through health and education work.
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Bill Gates's Other Quotes
It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.
I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.
If you are born poor it's not your mistake, but if you die poor it's your mistake.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
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