“The thing I really care about is the mission, making the world open.”

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.

Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.

If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.

If you’re looking to become an entrepreneur then don’t waste your time going to university or business school – just get on and do it.

Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience.

If you double the number of experiments you do per year you’re going to double your inventiveness.

Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I’ve met people who don’t want to try for fear of failing.

The best people want to work the big challenges.

If you’re afraid of failing you won’t get very far.

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.