Larry Ellison the fifth-wealthiest person in the United States and as the eighth-wealthiest in the world, with a fortune of $54.5 billion. He is co-founder, executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation. He is also a philanthropist. In 2016, Ellison pledged to give $200 million to the University of Southern California for a cancer treatment center. Ellison was best friends with Steve Jobs for 25 years. In an interview Ellison said that fighting pancreatic cancer for seven years finally wore Jobs out and he stopped taking medication. Ellison also said he believes that Jobs is "irreplaceable" at Apple.
His words have inspired millions of entrepreneurs around the world.
So here's a collection of 17 Inspirational Larry Ellison Quotes about Success, dreams and entrepreneurship.
"When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits.”
"Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success but by the fear of failure.”
When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re nuts."
"See things in the present, even if they are in the future. ”
“A corporation’s primary goal is to make money.”
"Wealth isn’t the same thing as intelligence.”
"The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.”
“Act confident, even when you’re not.”
"Taking care of your employees is extremely important and very, very visible.”
"You have to believe in what you do in order to get what you want.”
“You have to act and act now.”
"Life’s a journey. It’s a journey about discovering limits.”
"I believe people have to follow their dreams—I did.”
“I’m addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win.”
“When you live your life in different ways, it makes people around you become uncomfortable. So deal with it. They don’t know what you are going to do.”
“There’s a wonderful saying that’s dead wrong. ‘Why did you climb the mountain?’ ‘I climbed the mountain because it was there.’ That’s utter nonsense…You climbed the mountain because you were there, and you were curious if you could do it. You wondered what it would be like.”
“I have had all the disadvantages required for success."