“I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.”

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

I think there’s confusion around what the point of social networks is.

Connected is helping people stay in touch and maintain empathy for each other, and bandwidth.

I’m here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction.

The trick isn’t adding stuff, it’s taking away.

I’m grateful to my mother for raising me with love and to all mothers out there for the important and challenging work you do every single day to make your family and the whole world a little bit better.

People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don’t really believe in it, then they are not going to really work hard.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they’re proud of.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand.

There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future.

My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.

Give everyone the power to share anything with anyone.

In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Virtual Reality is going to be an important technology. I am pretty confident about this.

A guy who makes a new chair doesn’t owe money to everyone who ever built a chair.

Hollywood has nothing to do with real life.

There’ll always be serendipity involved in discovery.

Progress is impossible without change.

Do anything better than it was ever done before and youll get rich.

If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.

Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.

Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.

In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy.

A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.