Mark Zuckerberg on Confidence Quotes

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

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

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

"I’m here to build something for the long term. Anything else is a distraction."

"People don't care about what you say, they care about what you build."

"Done is better than perfect."

"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 hacker way is an approach to building that involves continuous improvement and iteration. Hackers believe that something can always be better, and that nothing is ever complete."

"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."

"You are better off trying something and having it not work and learning from that than not doing anything at all."

"The most important thing is that you have a core of people who really believe in what you're doing."

"I feel that the best companies are started not because the founder wanted a company, but because the founder wanted to change the world."

"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."

"If you're always under the pressure of having to succeed, you're never going to have the confidence to try the big things."

"The most successful people in the world are the ones who have the freedom to fail."

"Building something that matters requires a level of focus that most people aren't willing to give."

"You have to believe in yourself and your vision enough to ignore the noise."

"Connectivity is a human right. It’s the engine of human progress."

"I made so many mistakes in running the company so far, basically any mistake you can think of I probably made."

"Finding your purpose isn't enough. The challenge for our generation is creating a world where everyone has a sense of purpose."

"Our strategy is to build a great technology platform so that other people can build great businesses on top of it."

"The feeling of being part of something bigger than ourselves creates the motivation to keep going."

"We look for people who are passionate about something. In a way, it almost doesn't matter what you're passionate about."

"Entrepreneurship is about creating change, not just companies."

"Don't let anyone tell you to change who you are. If I can do it, you can too."

"Instead of building walls, we can help build bridges."

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

"The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'"

"The characters of the people you surround yourself with are going to be more important than their actual skills."

"Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend."

"Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life."

"Change starts local. Even global changes start small — with people like us."

"Every generation has its defining works."