Mark Zuckerberg on Belief Quotes

"It’s not just about building a company. It’s about building something that actually makes a big change in the world."

"Success comes from the freedom to fail."

"Building a mission and building a business go hand-in-hand."

"If we want to have a bigger impact, the best way to do that is to make sure that we are always learning as fast as we can."

"Our mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together."

"Focus on the mission. If you do that, the rest will follow."

"The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks."

"I think that as a company, if you can get those two things right—having a clear direction on what you are trying to do and bringing in great people—then you can do pretty well."

"Purpose is that sense that we are part of something bigger than ourselves, that we are needed, and that we have something better ahead to work for."

"Understanding people is not a waste of time."

"Ideas don't come out fully formed. They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to get started."

"I believe that the future of the internet is the metaverse."

"Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough."

"I believe that in the future, you'll be able to send a thought to one another directly using technology."

"Connectivity is a human right."

"Virtual reality was once the dream of science fiction. But the internet was also once a dream, and so were computers and smartphones."

"Advertising works most effectively when it's in line with what people are already trying to do."

"If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out."

"The most important thing is that you actually care about what you're building. If you don't, you'll give up when it gets hard."

"You have to believe in what you're doing. If you don't, you're not going to be able to get through the hard times."

"I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress."

"The idea of a single eureka moment is a dangerous lie. It makes us feel inadequate since we haven’t had ours yet. It prevents people with seeds of good ideas from getting started."

"The question I ask myself almost every day is, 'Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?'"

"The world is better when more people can share their voices and more people can connect."

"We are a mission-driven company. We want to help people connect."

"Find that thing you are super passionate about."

"We don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services."

"A lot of people think that the way you build a big company is by having a great idea, but it's really about the people you have around you."

"The only way to do something great is to be willing to be misunderstood for a long period of time."

"In a lot of ways, Facebook is more like a government than a traditional company. We have this large community of people, and more than other technology companies, we're really setting policies."

"People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie — or even what you say, right? They care about what you build."

"You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies."

"I believe that the next platform and medium will be even more immersive — an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it."