“If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.”

The world needs banking but it does not need banks.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

Software is more important than hardware.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

Leaders are those who empower others.

Patience is a key element of success.

Be nice to nerds, they’ll probably be your boss one day.

If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.

The computer will live your life, listen to you and understand you better than humans can.

Whether I’m at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I’m looking forward to reading.

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

What I do best is share my enthusiasm.

A fundamental new rule for business is that the Internet changes everything.

The need to communicate effectively with your customers will come up again and again.

My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.

No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.

Anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

Talent comes from experience and failure.

Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often.

Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.