Mark Zuckerberg on Work Quotes

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

"People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don't really believe in it, then they are not going to really work hard."

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

"The most important thing is to keep a very close-knit team. You have to be able to trust the people you work with."

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

"Success comes from the freedom to fail."

"By giving people the power to share, we're making the world more transparent."

"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."

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

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

"The dynamic of the world is changing so quickly that the most important thing is to be able to learn and adapt."

"It's not about a single 'eureka' moment. It's about the work you do every day."

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

"Our philosophy is that we care about people first."

"The people who win are the ones who care the most about what they are building."

"Character is more important than any specific skill set."

"If you want to build something great, you have to focus on the long term."

"You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to do anything innovative."

"Stay focused and keep shipping."

"Every day, I'm trying to figure out how to make the company better."

"I think that's the best way to learn—to just dive into something and start building it."

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

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

"When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place."

"Don't let anyone tell you to change who you are."

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

"I actually think that the best companies are often built by people who are trying to solve a problem that they have themselves."