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

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

Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.

If we fight in the ocean, we lose, but if we fight in the river, we win.

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.

For ecommerce, the most important thing is trust.

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 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.

Opportunities are where the complaints are.

I’m coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don’t want to die in my office. I want to die on the beaches.

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

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

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

The American multinational companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization.

When you have one million dollars, you’re a lucky person. When you have 10 million dollars, you’ve got trouble, a lot of headaches.

Even if your competitor is still small in size or weak, you should take him seriously and treat him as a giant. Likewise, even if your competitor is massive in size, you shouldn’t regard yourself as a weakling.

Today, making money is very simple. But making sustainable money while being responsible to the society and improving the world is very difficult

Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.

More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.

The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.

You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.

War is the business of barbarians.

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

Just tryna eat pasta and mind my business.