Jack Ma Entrepreneur Quotes

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

You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die. ~ Jack Ma

The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability. ~ Jack Ma

Giving up is the greatest failure. ~ Jack 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 Ma

A real businessman or entrepreneur has no enemies. Once he understand this, the sky's the limit. ~ Jack Ma

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. ~ Jack Ma

Adopt and change before any major trends or changes. ~ Jack Ma

The most unreliable thing in this world is human relationships. ~ Jack Ma

The very important thing you should have is patience. ~ Jack Ma

What kind of business world are we living in? ~ Jack Ma

A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee. ~ Jack Ma

Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma. ~ Jack Ma

I know nothing about technology. ~ Jack Ma

Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3. ~ Jack Ma

If you don't give up, you still have a chance ~ Jack Ma

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

Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third, ~ Jack Ma

If you've never tried, how will you ever know if there's any chance? ~ Jack Ma

I am very interested in bringing companies from everywhere to sell their products in China. ~ Jack Ma

I don't want people in China to have deep pockets but shallow minds. ~ Jack Ma

You never know that the things you're doing are that meaningful to society. ~ Jack Ma

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. ~ Jack Ma

If we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat ten of them. ~ Jack Ma

If you're still poor at 35, you deserve it. ~ Jack Ma

You never know how much can you do in your life. ~ Jack Ma

The opportunities that everyone cannot see are the real opportunities. ~ Jack Ma

My job is to help more people have jobs. ~ Jack Ma

Forget about yourncompetitors, just focus on your customers. ~ Jack Ma

Find the right people, not the best people. ~ Jack Ma

Opportunities are where the complaints are. ~ Jack Ma

Never ever compete on prices, instead compete on services and innovation. ~ Jack Ma

Don't even trust that you are able to unify what everyone is thinking; it is impossible ~ Jack Ma

I don't want to die in my office. I want to die on the beach ~ Jack Ma

If you view everyone as your enemies, everyone around you will be your enemies. ~ Jack Ma

When we have money, we start making mistakes. ~ Jack Ma

I absolutely don't have $20 billion. But I'd love to, right? ~ Jack Ma

I'm a normal guy. ~ Jack Ma

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

Once in your life, try something. Work hard at something. Try to change. Nothing bad can happen. ~ Jack Ma

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. ~ Jack Ma

We appreciate yesterday, but we're looking for a better tomorrow. ~ Jack Ma

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. ~ Jack Ma

Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives. ~ Jack Ma

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

If the customer loves you, the government will have to love you. ~ Jack Ma

Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow. ~ Jack Ma

You worry, it comes. You don't worry, it comes. So what is the point of worry? ~ Jack Ma

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. ~ Jack Ma

Life is so short, so beautiful. Don't be so serious about work. Enjoy the lives. ~ Jack Ma

We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up. ~ Jack Ma

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. ~ Jack Ma

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

A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated. ~ Jack Ma

The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done. ~ Jack Ma

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

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

The strongest thing you can cultivate as an entrepreneur is to not rely on luck but cultivating an ability to recognize fortunate situations when they are occurring. ~ Jack Dorsey

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. ~ Jack Ma

I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. ~ Jack Ma

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. ~ Jack Ma

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

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). ~ Jack Ma

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. ~ Jack Ma

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

The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow. ~ Ma Huateng

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. ~ Jack Ma

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. ~ Jack Ma

I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation. ~ Jack Ma

Yahoo today is not a portal. Yahoo today is a search engine. ~ Jack Ma

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

What starting your company means: you will lose your stable income, your right to apply for a leave of absence, and your right to get a bonus. However, it also means your income will no longer be limited, you will use your time more effectively, and you will no longer need to beg for favours from people anymore. ~ Jack Ma

Everyone has an idea. But it's really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you work on the idea. ~ Jack Dorsey

I got my story, my dream, from America. The hero I had is Forrest Gump ... I like that guy. I've been watching that movie about 10 times. Every time I get frustrated, I watch the movie. I watched the movie before I came here again to New York. I watched the movie again telling me that no matter whatever changed, you are you. ~ Jack Ma

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. ~ Jack Ma

Scout- .. Uncle Jack?"

Uncle Jack- "Ma'am?"

Scout- "What's a whore-lady? ~ Harper Lee

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. ~ Jack Ma

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

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. ~ Jack Ma

Jack with the hair hanging, Jack demanding money, Jack of the big gut, Jack of the loud, loud voice, Jack of the trade, Jack who prances before the ladies, Jack who thinks he´s a genius, Jack who pukes, Jack who bad mouths the lucky, Jack getting older and older, Jack still demanding money, Jack sliding down the beanstalk, Jack who talks about it but doesn't do it, Jack who gets away with murder, Jack who jacks, Jack who talks of the old days, Jack who talks and talks, Jack with the hand out, Jack who terrorizes the weak, Jack the embittered, Jack of the coffee shops, Jack screaming for recognition, Jack who never has a job, Jack who totally overrates his potential, Jack who keeps screaming about his unrecognized talent, Jack who blames everybody else. ~ Charles Bukowski

A lot of people complain about yesterday. We have no power to change yesterday. But this very day, 30 years later, is what we can control and decide. Change yourself, take baby steps, and stay determined for ten years. I thank the times of change and everyone's complaints. Because when everyone is complaining, that is your chance, an opportunity. It's only in times of change that someone can be clear of what he has and wants, and what he needs to give up. ~ Jack Ma

The formula is simple - do more of what is working, do less of what isn't, and try on new behaviors to see if they produce better results. ~ Jack Canfield

This defines entrepreneur and entrepreneurship - the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. ~ Peter F. Drucker

By doing service heart and mind are purified -- be convinced of this. ~ Anandamayi Ma

The remembrance of God must be sustained under all conditions and circumstances. ~ Anandamayi Ma

My girlfriend says I'm fat ~ Kevin Ma

Ma and God

God gave us fingers--Ma says, "Use your fork."
God gave us voices--Ma says, "Don't scream."
Ma says eat broccoli, cereal and carrots.
But God gave us tasteys for maple ice cream.

God gave us fingers--Ma says, "Use your hanky."
God gave us puddles--Ma says, "Don't splash."
Ma says, "Be quiet, your father is sleeping."
But God gave us garbage can covers to crash.

God gave us fingers--Ma says, "Put your gloves on."
God gave us raindrops--Ma says, "Don't get wet."
Ma says be careful, and don't get too near to
Thoses strange lovely dogs that God gave us to pet.

God gave us fingers--Ma says, "Go wash 'em."
But God gave us coal bins and nice dirty bodies.
And I ain't too smart, but there's one thing for certain--
Either Ma's wrong or else God is. ~ Shel Silverstein

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

Ma'alesh; no matter; never mind; what can you do but accept things as they are? Ma'alesh, your pot overturned in the fire; ma'alesh, your prize mare died; ma'alesh, you lost all your possessions and half your family. The word was the everyday essence of Islam - which itself, after all, means submission. ~ Laurie R. King

Perfect resignation gives the deepest joy of all . Accept it as your sole resource ~ Anandamayi Ma

Cake is always tasty, but to make you buy that cake it must have nice decoration. ~ MA

He who has created the universe is Himself present in all circumstances and conditions. ~ Anandamayi Ma

Let His Name be ever with you; imperceptibly , relentlessly
time is creeping away ~ Anandamayi Ma

repetition and continuous learning that embeds the information for later recall. ~ Entrepreneur Publishing

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

One of God's Name is Love . He Himself resides within all , at every moment , everywhere. ~ Anandamayi Ma

When your mind becomes vacant,
endeavour to fill it with the awareness of God and His contemplation. ~ Anandamayi Ma

Sam and I couldn't have done it," I admitted. "You're the doer, just like
Frigg said."
Jack floated over, his blade shuddering and warbling like a hand saw. "Frigg? Oh, man, I don't like Frigg. She's too quiet. Too devious. Too - "
"She's my ma," Mallory grumbled.
"Oh, that Frigg!" Jack said. "Yeah, she's great."
"I hate her," Mallory said.
"Gods, me too!" Jack commiserated. ~ Rick Riordan

Good entrepreneurs can manage, but no one but an entrepreneur can entrepreneur, let alone help build and lead the world's community of leading social entrepreneurs and their top business entrepreneur allies. ~ Bill Drayton

I'ma forgive all the people that took my kindness as weakness. I'ma forgive anyone who never hit me back. I'ma forgive all ya'll. I won't forget. ~ Behdad Sami