Jack Ma on Work Quotes

"When you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength."

"If the customer is happy, the employee is happy, then the shareholder is happy."

"The best assets you have are your young people."

"If you don't give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure."

"Hire the people that are fit for the job, not the most talented."

"If you want to do business, you have to have the heart of a servant."

"I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected."

"The world is full of opportunities. It is also full of complaints."

"The only thing you have is your dream, your mission, and your team."

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

"Once you understand this, you can become a global leader."

"The very important thing you should have is patience."

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

"Opportunities always lie in the place where people complain."

"Your attitude is more important than your capabilities."

"If you want to be a great company, think about what social problem you could solve."

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

"I try to make myself happy because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy."

"If you want to grow, find a good opportunity."

"Instead of learning from other people's success, learn from their mistakes."

"A real businessman or entrepreneur has no enemies."

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

"If you want your life to be simple, you shouldn't be a leader."

"The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you must make your team have value."

"Intelligent people need a fool to lead them."

"Forget about your competitors, just focus on your customers."

"I am a person who always looks forward."

"My job is to help more people have jobs."

"996 is a huge blessing that many companies and employees do not have the opportunity to have."

"We keep on fighting. We keep on changing ourselves."

"You have to work very hard. Every successful person works very hard."

"You need the right people with you, not the best people."

"Alibaba is not just a job. It's a dream. It's a cause."