Hiroshi Mikitani

"Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

"The mark of a great leader is one who wants to develop other leaders."

"Innovation is moving at the speed of technology and wisdom at the speed of nature."

"What we think, we become."

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

"Every expert was once a beginner."

"The final wisdom of life is love."

"Solitude is the soil in which genius is planted."

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

"Nobody is totally useless. You can always serve as a bad example."

"Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late."

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."

"The only prison that truly binds is fear."

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."

"To love is to risk not being loved in return."

"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"The only way out is through."

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."

"Comparison is the thief of joy."

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."

"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed."

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being."

"The future is now."

"To give light and people will find the way."

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."