Jack Ma Quotes

Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.

You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.

I believe in two principles: Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities!

If you don't give up, you still have a chance. And when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.

Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives.

A good job isn't something you go out and find, it's something you discover while you're working.

Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueller. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful.

If you’re still poor at 35, you deserve it.

EBay may be a shark in the ocean, but I'm a crocodile in the Yangtze River. If we fight in the ocean, we lose, but if we fight in the river, we win.

Find the right people, not the best people.

Go big, or go home. Otherwise, you’re wasting your youth.

I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.

If you want to grow, find a good opportunity. Today, if you want to be a great company, think about what social problem you could solve.

If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.

We appreciate yesterday, but we're looking for a better tomorrow.

Life is so short, so beautiful. Don't be so serious about work. Enjoy the lives.

A great opportunity is often hard to be explained clearly; things that can be explained clearly are often not the best opportunities.

Luck is very important. Of course you can't wait for luck, because it won't come. While you start a journey, luck may eventually come to you.

Forget about yourncompetitors, just focus on your customers.

The opportunities that everyone cannot see are the real opportunities.

Once in your life, try something. Work hard at something. Try to change. Nothing bad can happen.

If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then be different from your peers.

All MBA have said are correct, but they can't execute it.

The very important thing you should have is patience.

30% of all people will never believe you. Do not allow your colleagues and employees to work for you. Instead, let them work for a common goal.

Don't hire the most qualified, hire the craziest

Adopt and change before any major trends or changes.

Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3.

I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.

The customer is number one, the employee is number two and the shareholder is number three. If the customer is happy, the business is happy, and the shareholders are happy.

No matter how tough the chase is, you should always have the dream you saw on the first day. It'll keep you motivated and rescue you (from any weak thoughts).

If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Walmart, I will regret it for the rest of my life.

In carrying out e-commerce, the most important thing is to keep doing what you are doing right now with passion, to keep it up.

If you've never tried, how will you ever know if there's any chance?

A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.

A real businessman or entrepreneur has no enemies. Once he understand this, the sky's the limit.

It doesn't matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don't succeed, someone will succeed.

Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them.

Giving up is the greatest failure.

Your employee should have superior technical skills than you. If he doesn't, it means you have hired the wrong person.

Always let your employees come to work with a smile.

No matter what one does, regardless of failure or success, the experience is a form of success in itself.

The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.

The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done.

You never know how much can you do in your life.

If you don't give up, you still have a chance.

Global vision, local win.

Opportunities are where the complaints are.

We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up.