Jack Ma Quotes

#1. Once you meet an entrepreneur like Jack Ma, you just want to make sure you bet on him. It's not a hard decision.

Jerry Yang

#2. Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.

Jack Ma

#3. Scout- .. Uncle Jack?"

Uncle Jack- "Ma'am?"

Scout- "What's a whore-lady?

Harper Lee

#4. Without internet, there would have been no Jack Ma, and no Alibaba or Taobao.

Jack Ma

#5. I like to play cards. I'm not very good, because I don't want to calculate, I just play by instinct. But I've learned a lot of business philosophy by playing poker.

Jack Ma

#6. 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.

Jack Ma

#7. Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.

Jack Ma

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

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#9. In carrying out e-commerce, the most important thing is to keep doing what you are doing right now with passion, to keep it up.

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#10. Your employee should have superior technical skills than you. If he doesn't, it means you have hired the wrong person.

Jack Ma

#11. I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.

Jack Ma

#12. EBay may be a shark in the ocean, but I'm a crocodile in the Yangtze River. If we fight in the ocean, we lose, but if we fight in the river, we win,

Jack Ma

#13. I would love to if someone would lend me the money.

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

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#15. When we have money, we start making mistakes.

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#16. Adopt and change before any major trends or changes.

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#17. I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.

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#18. I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.

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#19. 30% of all people will never believe you. Do not allow your colleagues and employees to work for you. Instead, let them work for a common goal.

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#20. If you're still poor at 35, you deserve it.

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#21. We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up.

Jack Ma

#22. I absolutely don't have $20 billion. But I'd love to, right?

Jack Ma

#23. I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business.

Jack Ma

#24. I want people to learn what democracy means.

Jack Ma

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

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#26. I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.

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#27. My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name.

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#28. The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done.

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#29. I don't shop online, but my wife buys everything at home. We buy sea crabs, fresh crabs, all kinds of things.

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#30. You never know how much can you do in your life.

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#31. When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.

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#32. We appreciate yesterday, but we're looking for a better tomorrow.

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#33. A leader should never compare his technical skills with his employee's.

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#34. Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.

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#35. I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.

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#36. Change the world is maybe Obama's job.

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#37. A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee.

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#38. 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.

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#39. Jesus Christ, one person with their mind made up can shove a lot of folks aroun'! You win, Ma. Put away that jack handle 'fore you hurt somebody.

John Steinbeck

#40. Right now there is a prime opportunity for all of us to change the rules of the game through e-commerce and shift the balance in favor of entrepreneurs like you. The Internet levels the playing field and gives everyone - be they big or small - a chance.

Jack Ma

#41. If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Wal-Mart, I will regret it for the rest of my life.

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#42. Luck is very important. Of course you can't wait for luck, because it won't come. While you start a journey, luck may eventually come to you.

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#43. Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3.

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#44. Never ever compete on prices, instead compete on services and innovation.

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#45. If we go to work at 8 am and go home at 5 pm, this is not a high-tech company and Alibaba will never be successful. If we have that kind of 8-to-5 spirit, then we should just go and do something else.

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#46. If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.

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#47. Before I left China, I was educated that China was the richest, happiest country in the world. So when I arrived Australia, I thought, 'Oh my God, everything is different from what I was told.' Since then, I started to think differently.

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#48. EBay is a great company. There are a lot of good assets and good customers, and the U.S. people love it.

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#49. Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department store guys hate me. They say business is bad because of Jack.

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#50. I believe in two principles: Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities!

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#51. Opportunities are where the complaints are.

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#52. I am very interested in bringing companies from everywhere to sell their products in China.

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#53. The very important thing you should have is patience.

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#54. I don't want people in China to have deep pockets but shallow minds.

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#55. If the customer loves you, the government will have to love you.

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

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#57. It doesn't matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don't succeed, someone will succeed.

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#58. You've to make consumers smart. An e-commerce portal doesn't sell a product at cheaper rates, instead an offline shop sells it at a costlier prices.

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#59. People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'

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#60. Be the last man standing.

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#61. A good job isn't something you go out and find, it's something you discover while you're working.

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#62. Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.

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#63. If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then be different from your peers.

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#64. You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.

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#65. 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.

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#66. When Jack just rescued her Ma's, just succeeded doing the Great Escape:
"Want to go to Bed."
"They'll find us somewhere to sleep in a little while."
"No. Bed."
"You mean in Room?" Ma's pulled back, she's staring in my eyes.
"Yeah. I've seen the world and I'm tired now.

Emma Donoghue

#67. The opportunities that everyone cannot see are the real opportunities.

Jack Ma

#68. No matter how tough the chase is, you should always have the dream you saw on the first day. It'll keep you motivated and rescue you (from any weak thoughts).

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#69. You must have been tortured by the memory of everything Jack didn't even know to want. Friends, school, grass, swimming, rides at the fair ... " "Why does everyone go on about fairs?" Ma's voice is all hoarse. "When I was a kid I hated fairs." The woman does a little laugh. Ma

Emma Donoghue

#70. Intelligent people need a fool to lead them. When the team's all a bunch of scientists, it is best to have a peasant lead the way. His way of thinking is different. It's easier to win if you have people seeing things from different perspectives.

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#71. Always let your employees come to work with a smile.

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#72. We should never finish a 20 year program in two year.

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#73. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name. Alibaba is easy to spell, and people everywhere associate that with "Open, Sesame," the command that Ali Baba used to open doors to hidden treasures in One Thousand and One Nights.

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#74. Find the right people, not the best people.

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#75. Don't even trust that you are able to unify what everyone is thinking; it is impossible

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#76. Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them.

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#77. The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.

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#78. If you've never tried, how will you ever know if there's any chance?

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#79. Life is so short, so beautiful. Don't be so serious about work. Enjoy the lives.

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#80. Giving up is the greatest failure.

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#81. What kind of business world are we living in?

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#82. All MBA have said are correct, but they can't execute it.

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#83. Go big, or go home. Otherwise, you're wasting your youth.

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#84. I know nothing about technology.

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#85. I guess we ought to be tolerant," Lianne said. "They're just nasty because they need help. Everybody ought to be allowed to try and help themselves."

No, ma'am, that aint true," Sarah said. "Some people ought to be shot on sight.

Jack Butler

#86. Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third,

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

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#88. 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.

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#89. When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.

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#90. A real businessman or entrepreneur has no enemies. Once he understand this, the sky's the limit.

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#91. You know who you belong to, Jack?"
"Yeah."
"Yourself."
He's wrong, actually, I belong to Ma.

Emma Donoghue

#92. The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, 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 Ma

#93. My job is to help more people have jobs.

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#94. If you don't give up, you still have a chance

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#95. Then the fire was shining on the hearth, the cold and the dark and the wild beasts were all shut out, and Jack the brindle bulldog and Black Susan the cat lay blinking at the flames in the fireplace. Ma sat in her rocking chair, sewing by the light

Laura Ingalls Wilder

#96. Maybe I'm a human, but I'm a me-and-Ma as well.

Emma Donoghue

#97. Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there.

Jack Ma

#98. 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.

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#99. No matter what one does, regardless of failure or success, the experience is a form of success in itself.

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#100. No matter what your current condition, how or where you grew up, or what education or training you feel you lack, you can be successful in your chosen endeavor. It is spirit, fortitude, and hardiness that matter more than where you start.

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