It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
There were a lot of missteps in the early days, but because we got in early we got to make more mistakes than other people.
We get Comfort from those who agree with us, but we get Growth from only those who don't agree with us !
Success is a lousy teacher.
Going out in the field, it's always enlightening to see what's working and what's not and to sit down and talk - I was with young girls in south Africa - understanding why our tools for prevention aren't being adopted, and what way may need to invent to help protect them.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
We all know that there are these exemplars who can take the toughest students, and they'll teach them two-and-a-half years of math in a single year.
Even though I only have a high-school degree, I'm a professional student.
I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.
Learning to write programs stretches your mind, and helps you think better, creates a way of thinking about things that I think is helpful in all domains.
