110+ Jack Ma Quotes On Success, Friends And Education

Jack Ma is a Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate. He is one of China's richest men and has been listed as one of the world's most powerful people by Forbes. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Jack Ma on success, friends, education.

Top 10 Jack Ma Quotes

1. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.
2. 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.
3. You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.
4. 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.
5. Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.
6. 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.
7. Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives.
8. Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueller. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful.
9. If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.
10. Life is so short, so beautiful. Don't be so serious about work. Enjoy the lives.

Jack Ma Short Quotes

• We appreciate yesterday, but we're looking for a better tomorrow.
• All MBA have said are correct, but they can't execute it.
• The very important thing you should have is patience.
• Don't hire the most qualified, hire the craziest
• The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.
• A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't.
• If you don't give up, you still have a chance.
• We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up.
• If we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat tons of them.
• For ecommerce, the most important thing is trust.

Jack Ma Quotes About Success

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

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

If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confidence in the paper's future success. — Jack Ma

No matter what one does, regardless of failure or success, the experience is a form of success in itself. — Jack Ma

Jack Ma Quotes About Learning

I want people to learn what democracy means. — Jack Ma

It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down. — Jack Ma

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

When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English. — Jack Ma

China is still the fastest growing economy in the world, but we need to learn how to use money in a better way, and it's about quality, not quantity. — 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

Jack Ma Quotes About Leadership

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

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

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

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

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

A leader should never compare his technical skills with his employee's. — Jack Ma

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

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

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

Jack Ma Quotes About People

My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache. — Jack Ma

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

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. — Jack Ma

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

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

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

I'm humble 'cause I think many years ago people say, 'Well, Alibaba's terrible company'. And I know we were not that terrible. We're pretty good; we're better than people thought. But today, when people have a high expectation on you, and I start to worry and nervous because we are not good yet. — Jack Ma

I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs. — Jack Ma

People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money. — Jack Ma

Jack Ma Quotes About China

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

You American people worry too much about the China economy. Every time you think China is a problem, we get better, but when you have a high expectation for China, China is always a problem. — Jack Ma

Our focused customers are small business and young people. We did a great job in China. How can we help those young people in India, in Pakistan, in Africa. If they can use in the same ways. — Jack Ma

China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption. — Jack Ma

Every time there's an election, people start to criticize China. — Jack Ma

Helping doing business easier, we choose the name Alibaba because it is a global company. It is founded in China, but it was created for the world. — Jack Ma

IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go? — Jack Ma

Asia is changing, and China is changing. The 'Post' will have great opportunities. With its access to Alibaba's resources, data, and all the relationships in our ecosystem, the 'Post' can report on Asia and China more accurately compared with other media that have no such access. — Jack Ma

Alibaba spends money on improving the products and services, not on kickbacks. That's a good thing. It's called a value system, and because of that, we get more and more small- to medium-sized companies to support us in China. — Jack Ma

When we started the e-commerce, nobody believed that China would have e-commerce because people believed in 'guang-shi,' face-to-face, and all kinds of network in traditional ways. There's no trust system in China. — Jack Ma

Jack Ma Quotes About Business

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. — Jack Ma

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

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

Always let your employees come to work with a smile. — Jack Ma

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

We want to help U.S. entrepreneurs, small business owners, and brands and companies of all sizes sell their goods to the growing Chinese consumer class. Chinese consumers will get to buy the American products they want. This, in turn, will help create American jobs and increase U.S. exports. — Jack Ma

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

As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I want this company to last long, and I want this company to be audited by everyone. — Jack Ma

My vision is to build an e-commerce ecosystem that allows consumers and businesses to do all aspects of business online. — Jack Ma

Jack Ma Quotes About World

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

The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together. — Jack Ma

Change the world is maybe Obama's job. — Jack Ma

The most important thing is to make the technology inclusive - make the world change. Next, pay attention to those people who are 30 years old, because those are the internet generation. They will change the world; they are the builders of the world. — Jack Ma

A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war. — Jack Ma

The world is getting so small. Young people are mobile; they want to travel around the world. When you travel around the world, you exchange culture, you want to make friends, you want to exchange things. — Jack Ma

I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time. — Jack Ma

As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together. — Jack Ma

There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understand each other, appreciate each other, help each other. — Jack Ma

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

Jack Ma Quotes About Small

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. — Jack Ma

Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers. — 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

Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering. — Jack Ma

Jack Ma Famous Quotes And Sayings

If you do not know where your competitor is, or overconfident and snobbish about your competitor, or are unable to comprehend how yourcompetitor became a real threat, you will surely fall behind him. Don't be the "they" in this idiom: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you 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

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. — Jack Ma

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

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

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. — 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

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

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

I don't care about revenues. — Jack Ma

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

Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there. — Jack Ma

Opportunities lies in the place where the complaints are. — Jack Ma

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

In the beginning I just wanted to survive. For the first three years, we made zero revenue. I remember many times when I was trying to pay up, the restaurant owner would say, 'Your bill was paid.' And there would be a note saying, 'Mr. Ma, I'm your customer on the Alibaba platform. I made a lot of money, and I know you don't, so I paid the bill.' — Jack Ma

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

Global vision, local win. — Jack Ma

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

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

If you don’t give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure. — Jack Ma

There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted. — Jack Ma

A startup for entrepreneurs is like a baby, and I have five babies so far - experienced father. — Jack Ma

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

I think U.S. and Chinese businesses need a common language and dialogue. — Jack Ma

I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice. — Jack Ma

I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs. — Jack Ma

Our philosophy is that we want to be an ecosystem. Our philosophy is to empower others to sell, empower others to service, making sure the other people are more powerful than us. With our technology, our innovation, our partners - 10 million small business sellers - they can compete with Microsoft and IBM. — Jack Ma

When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month. — Jack Ma

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. — Jack Ma

I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not watch it. I think, let the market take care of themselves; we should take care of the business. — Jack Ma

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

We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes. — Jack Ma

The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West. — Jack Ma

Opportunities are where the complaints are. — Jack Ma

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

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

What a publication can do is to help people get a clearer picture without jumping to any rash conclusion. I'm very happy that the 'Post' can take the responsibility to report on China in a broader and deeper way. I believe the 'Post' must be fair to our readers. We should let our readers see China from more angles and perspectives. — Jack Ma

On privacy issues, it's just like hundreds of years ago when people said, 'I would rather put my money under my pillow than in a bank.' But today, banks know how to protect money much better than you do. Today, we may not have the answers to privacy issues, but I believe our young people will come up with the solutions. — Jack Ma

Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma. — Jack Ma

If you’re still poor at 35, you deserve it. — Jack Ma

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

Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States? — Jack Ma

I believe always you should have a philanthropic heart inside but business way. Because you have to get things done. That is what scientists tell us how to do properly. Business should tell us how to get things done efficiently. And government should have the good environment and the foundations of researching. — Jack Ma

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

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

The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy. — Jack Ma

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

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

Life Lessons by Jack Ma

1. Jack Ma is a Chinese businessman who has achieved great success and is a great example of what hard work and dedication can do. He is a great example of how to build a business from the ground up and how to make it successful.
2. Jack Ma has demonstrated that success is possible regardless of background or upbringing, and that with dedication and hard work, anything is possible.
3. He has also shown that it is possible to be successful in a global market, and that by understanding the global market and adapting to it, businesses can thrive.