“I think I’ve grown and learned a lot.”

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

I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that’s always existed.

By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.

Young people are just smarter.

Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services.

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.

Youth is a circumstance you can’t do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.

Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.

I’m just inspired by life and, growing up, I listened to all types of different sounds, genres, and areas of music.

Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child – What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.

I grew up listening to a lot of 2Pac and a lot of East Coast, West Coast rap; Bad Boy, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Biggie, 2Pac. Super hip-hop, super listening to that raw era of music.

I wish I could be more carefree. I grew up fast.

Growing up with a house full of women and seeing them look good no matter what they put on every morning just inspired me to look good myself.

Not a lot of people see that when you’re growing up. You don’t get to see that people really have to work hard to become as good as they are.