Two other things that we hear again and again from our founders, they wish they had done earlier, and that is... simply writing down how you do things and why you do things.

No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.

You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three.

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

Obsess about the quality of the product.

In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years.

Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.

No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.

Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.

If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.

To enjoy the freshness of life, be simple like water.

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

As soon as something becomes art I think you get over the fear

When the Word is stored in the heart, the individual finds it a wonderful power in preserving him from outbreaking sin.

I think I'm unique to the game 'cause of my versatility.

There’s a time to be silent - to build up a reason to sing again.

Much in our lives is chance.

I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe, the staff of my life. —Jane Gardiner

Everything that happens either happens in such a way as you are formed by nature to bear it, or as you are not formed by nature to bear it.

The act of creation can be an extreme violent experience.