Jack Ma, or Ma Yun, is a Chinese business financier, speculator, and altruist. He is the prime supporter and previously chief executive of Alibaba Group, a worldwide innovation combination. Ma is a powerful proponent of an open and market-oriented economy.
Inspirational Jack Ma Quotes:
1. “We are never in lack of money. We lack people with dreams, who can die for those dreams.” Jack Ma
2. “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
3. “Leadership is your instinct, then it’s your training. Leaders are always positive, they never complain.” Jack Ma
4. “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 of you, and I start to worry and nervous because we are not good yet.” Jack Ma
5. “Today, making money is very simple. But making sustainable money while being responsible to society and improving the world is very difficult.” Jack Ma
6. “A leader should incentivize, but not with money. You give trust, respect, appreciation, and correct, heartfelt advice.” Jack Ma
7. “Without the internet, there would have been no Jack Ma, and no Alibaba or Taobao.” Jack Ma
8. “A good boss is better than a good company.” Jack Ma
9. “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
10. “My job is to help more people have jobs.” Jack Ma
11. “I always find people smarter than I am. Then my job is to make sure smart people can work together. Stupid people can work together easily, smart people can’t.” Jack Ma
12. “Life is so short, so beautiful. Don’t be so serious about work. Enjoy your lives.” Jack Ma
13. “I’m not a tech guy. I’m looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people’s eyes.” Jack Ma
14. “My favourite movie is ‘Forrest Gump.’ He said nobody makes money catching whales, people make money catching shrimps. So we serve small businesses.” Jack Ma
15. “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” Jack Ma
16. “When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.” Jack Ma
17. “I don’t care about revenues.” Jack Ma
18. “A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It’s very easy to slip into a trade war.” Jack Ma
19. “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
20. “I don’t want to be liked. I want to be respected.” Jack Ma
21. “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.” Jack Ma
22. “The very important thing you should have is patience.” Jack Ma
23. “We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good… when trade stops, war comes.” Jack Ma
24. “You should learn from your competitor but never copy. Copy and you die.” Jack Ma
25. “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