Larry Ellison

"The best strategy is one that your competitors don't see coming."

"You can't build a great company alone - you need great people."

"The cost of inaction is often higher than the cost of action."

"Success is about making good decisions consistently over time."

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

"The best leaders are those who can inspire others to do more than they thought possible."

"You have to understand your market better than anyone else."

"Persistence is what separates the successful from the unsuccessful."

"The goal is not to be the biggest, but to be the best."

"You need both optimism and realism to succeed."

"The best companies have a clear mission and everyone is aligned to it."

"Hard work beats talent when talent isn't working hard."

"You have to be willing to make unpopular decisions if you believe they're right."

"The future is written by those who take action today."

"The most important thing is to focus on the customer and work backwards from their needs."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower in business."

"You don't have to be the biggest to be the best."

"Technology is best when it brings people together."

"Great achievers are driven by a deep sense of purpose and passion."

"In business, the key to winning is understanding your competition better than they understand themselves."

"The future belongs to those who can imagine it, design it, and execute it."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts."

"A company's greatest asset is the quality of its people."

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

"Patience combined with persistence is an unbeatable formula for achievement."

"Your network is your net worth in the modern world."

"Think big, act fast, and never settle for less than excellence."

"Knowledge without application is merely information."

"The most successful people are those who can adapt quickly to change."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun with constraints."