Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

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"If your business is not on the internet then your business will be out of business."

- Bill Gates

Awareness

"Software is a great combination of artistry and engineering."

- Bill Gates

Inspiration

"If you show people the solutions, they will be moved to act"

- Bill Gates

Inspiration

"I choose a lazy person to do a hard job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it."

- Bill Gates

Motivation

"I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one."

- Bill Gates

Hard Work

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"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."

- Calvin Coolidge

Persistence

"I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes."

- Barbara Elaine Smith

Persistence

"First, forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice."

- Octavia Butler

Persistence

"A dragonfly's journey is proof that persistence carves canyons from cliffs"

Persistence

"Persistence pays off, buzz on like the dragonfly"

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