Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

You can’t be afraid to fail. It’s the only way you succeed.

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

否认或回避赞美很不礼貌。即使你认为自己尚未名副其实，也应接受了感谢对方。

Pain is temporary, but quitting lasts forever.