“We didn’t set the world on fire from the first day. Disappointments, setbacks and work created the company as it is today.”

To me, P and L doesn’t only mean profit and loss – it also means people and love.

If you have an idea and I have an idea – then we EACH have JUST ONE idea; but if you share your idea with me and I do the same, we EACH have TWO ideas!

You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.

Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.

Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.

We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don’t know where you’re aiming, you don’t have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.

People will support that which they help to create.

Over the years, I have observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1440 minutes in each day.

What’s interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.

Be the kind of person who can always be counted on to do what you say you’ll do.

Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.

Recognition is the most powerful of all motivating techniques.

If you act enthusiastic, you will become enthusiastic. A mediocre mind that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

I was taught to put my best into anything I did and I can honestly say I’ve always done that. Still, there are many times when I failed, when I was disappointed.

In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don’t like to do.

A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.

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

I am convinced that companies should put staff first, customers second and shareholders third – ultimately that’s in the best interest of customers and shareholders.

My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they’re having a meaningful impact.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.

Government isn’t that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you’ve got to have commercial companies do it.

A company’s employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product.

A company shouldn’t get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn’t last.