More from Jack Ma
If you’re still poor at 35, you deserve it.
Jack MaJack Ma My job is to help more people have jobs.
Jack MaJack Ma We should never finish a 20 year program in two years.
Jack MaJack Ma The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together.
Jack MaJack Ma Without internet, there would have been no Jack Ma, and no Alibaba or Taobao.
Jack MaJack Ma A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee.
Jack MaJack Ma 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.
Jack MaJack Ma Always let your employees come to work with a smile.
Jack MaJack Ma I don’t want to be liked. I want to be respected.
Jack MaJack Ma Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.
Jack MaJack Ma If we fight in the ocean, we lose, but if we fight in the river, we win.
Jack MaJack Ma 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.
Jack MaJack Ma For ecommerce, the most important thing is trust.
Jack MaJack Ma 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.
Jack MaJack Ma 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.
Jack MaJack Ma Opportunities are where the complaints are.
Jack MaJack Ma
Original quotes
From our community writers
They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on business
There’s a lot more future in hamburgers than in baseball.
Ray KrocRay Kroc If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.
Ray KrocRay Kroc You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well.
Ray KrocRay Kroc McDonald’s is a people business, and that smile on that counter girl’s face when she takes your order is a vital part of our image.
Ray KrocRay Kroc What India needs is ease of doing business and inherent faith in the ability of Indians to catch an opportunity.
Rakesh JhunjhunwalaRakesh Jhunjhunwala I don’t think Indian e-commerce companies have an evolved business model.
Rakesh JhunjhunwalaRakesh Jhunjhunwala Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle Our aim was to insure repeat business based on the system’s reputation rather than on the quality of a single store or operator.
Ray KrocRay Kroc