Larry Ellison is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is co-founder, executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation. As of August 2017, he was listed by Forbes magazine as the fifth-wealthiest person in America and as the seventh-wealthiest in the world, with a fortune of $61.8 billion. May his quotes inspire you to take action to make your dreams a reality.
1. “When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits.” Larry Ellison
2. “I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.” Larry Ellison
3. “Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success but by the fear of failure.” Larry Ellison
4. “When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re nuts.” Larry Ellison
5. “See things in the present, even if they are in the future. ” Larry Ellison
6. “A corporation’s primary goal is to make money.” Larry Ellison
7. “Wealth isn’t the same thing as intelligence.” Larry Ellison
8. “When you’re the first whose beliefs are different you’re saying, I’m right and everyone else is wrong.” Larry Ellison
9. “The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.” Larry Ellison
10. “Act confident, even when you’re not.” Larry Ellison
11. “Taking care of your employees is extremely important and very, very visible.” Larry Ellison
12. “If I were 21 years old, I would go into biotechnology or genetic engineering.” Larry Ellison
13. “I think I am very goal orientated. I’d like to win the America’s cup. I’d like Oracle to be the #1 software company in the world. I still think it is possible to beat Microsoft.” Larry Ellison
14. “You cannot innovate by copying.” Larry Ellison
15. “I’m addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win.” Larry Ellison
16. “Our services are social, mobile, and simple, and in the cloud.” Larry Ellison
17. “When you write a program for Android, you use the Oracle Java tools for everything and at the very end, you push a button and say convert this.” Larry Ellison
18. “To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, I’d like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?” Larry Ellison
19. “You have to believe in what you do in order to get what you want.” Larry Ellison
20. “You have to act and act now.” Larry Ellison
