Larry Ellison

"If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to work harder than everyone else."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"The competition is irrelevant if you're focused on your own vision."

"You can't manage what you don't measure."

"Technology should make life easier, not more complicated."

"I have my priorities straight: family first, then business."

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

"People don't want to work for a company; they want to work for a cause."

"Success is not about luck; it's about persistence and hard work."

"The database business is fundamentally about control."

"Fail fast, learn faster."

"Your network is your net worth."

"The ability to learn is more important than what you already know."

"When you're young, you think you have all the time in the world."

"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come."

"Software is eating the world, and databases are the foundation."

"Fear is the enemy of progress."

"The future belongs to the dreamers and doers."

"Execution is everything."

"You have to be willing to make mistakes to learn anything."

"The best entrepreneurs are not afraid to challenge the status quo."

"Life is not fair; get used to it."

"Building a company is like building a cathedral; it takes time and vision."

"The moment you stop learning is the moment you start declining."

"Great leaders create other leaders."

"Technology changes, but human nature doesn't."

"If you're not willing to work weekends, you're not cut out for entrepreneurship."

"The best competitive advantage is moving faster than your competition."

"Data is the new currency."

"You can't delegate responsibility; you can only delegate authority."