杨元庆来华为参观时，杨元庆表示联想要加大研发投入，做高科技的联想，任正非以一位长者的口吻对他如此说。

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

I don't want to be a ruler. I want to be a rebel.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

You are not defined by your past.

任何土地最好的肥料是主人的足迹。

释义：不考虑在安逸的环境中要想到危难，用节俭来戒除奢侈，不使自己的道德处于深厚的境界，不能使自己的情欲战胜物质欲望，这就像砍伐树木的根却想要树木长得茂盛，堵塞水的源头却想要水流得长远一样荒谬。