Safra Catz

Technology Executive American Born 1963 (age 63)

Co-president of Oracle and major business technology leader.

387 quotes

"Technology is only valuable when it solves real human problems."
Technology
"A strong balance sheet is the foundation of freedom."
Money
"Excellence is not an accident; it is a discipline."
Perseverance
"Listen more than you speak, and you'll learn more than you teach."
Wisdom
"Change is inevitable, but progress is optional."
Change
"The role of a leader is to bring out the best in others."
Leadership
"Financial discipline is personal discipline applied to business."
Work
"Innovation requires permission to fail."
Creativity
"Your reputation is built on consistency, not perfection."
Truth
"Markets reward clarity and punish ambiguity."
Success
"The best strategy is one that can be executed."
Wisdom
"Transparency builds trust faster than anything else."
Relationships
"Problems are just opportunities wearing uncomfortable clothes."
Motivation
"A healthy organization has healthy conflict."
Work
"Time is the one resource you cannot buy more of."
Time
"Complexity is the enemy of execution."
Wisdom
"Great leaders develop other leaders."
Leadership
"Accountability starts with yourself."
Strength
"The most dangerous assumption is that things will stay the same."
Change
"Data without insight is just noise."
Knowledge
"Success is 10% inspiration and 90% implementation."
Success
"You manage by walking around and listening."
Leadership
"Fear of failure is the biggest failure of all."
Fear
"Culture eats strategy for breakfast."
Work
"The best business decisions are made with both heart and head."
Wisdom
"Patience in the long term, urgency in the short term."
Patience
"Your team's growth is your greatest legacy."
Family
"Simplicity on the other side of complexity is genius."
Creativity
"Never compromise on integrity for a quick win."
Truth
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
Hope