Best quotes from Jack Ma

Jack Ma, or Ma Yun, is a Chinese business magnate, investor, politician, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate. Ma is a strong proponent of an open and market-driven economy. A prominent business leader, Ma is seen as a global ambassador for Chinese business and as such is frequently ranked among the world’s most powerful people. He also serves as a role model for startup businesses. In September 2018, he announced that he would retire from Alibaba and pursue educational work, philanthropy, and environmental causes; the following year, he exited as executive chairman.

Some of the best quotes from Jack Ma are listed below.

1. “A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can’t.” – Jack Ma
2. “A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.” – Jack Ma
3. “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
4. “I call myself a blind man riding on a blind tiger.” – Jack Ma
5. “I don’t want people to have deep pockets but shallow minds.” – Jack Ma
6. “I don’t want to be liked. I want to be respected.” – Jack Ma
7. “I try to make myself happy 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
8. “I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.” – Jack Ma
9. “I’m a normal guy.” – Jack Ma
10. “I’m not a tech guy. I’m looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people’s eyes.” – Jack Ma
11. “If the customer loves you, the government will have to love you.” – Jack Ma
12. “If we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat ten of them.” – Jack Ma
13. “If you don’t give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure.” – Jack Ma
14. “If you’ve never tried, how will you ever know if there’s any chance?” – Jack Ma
15. “Instead of learning from other people’s success, learn from their mistakes. Most of the people who fail share common reasons to fail, whereas success can be attributed to various different kinds of reasons.” – Jack Ma
16. “Intelligent people need a fool to lead them. When the team’s all a bunch of scientists, it is best to have a peasant lead the way. His way of thinking is different. It’s easier to win if you have people seeing things from different perspectives.” – Jack Ma
17. “It doesn’t matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don’t succeed, someone will succeed.” – Jack Ma
18. “It’s very difficult to know the outside world, but you know yourself. You know your need and what you want. If I know myself better, I can change myself to meet the outside world.” – Jack Ma
19. “Life is so short, so beautiful. Don’t be so serious about work. Enjoy the lives.” – Jack Ma
20. “My job is to help more people have jobs.” – Jack Ma
21. “Never ever compete on prices, instead compete on services and innovation.” – Jack Ma
22. “Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them.” – Jack Ma
23. “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” – Jack Ma
24. “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
25. “Opportunity lies in the place where the complaints are.” – Jack Ma
26. “The very important thing you should have is patience.” – Jack Ma
27. “Today, making money is very simple. But making sustainable money while being responsible to the society and improving the world is very difficult.” – Jack Ma
28. “We appreciate yesterday, but we’re looking for a better tomorrow.” – Jack Ma
29. “We should never finish a 20 year program in two years.” – Jack Ma
30. “We’re never in lack of money. We lack people with dreams, (people) who can die for those dreams.” – Jack Ma
31. “When we have money, we start making mistakes.” – Jack Ma
32. “When you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.” – Jack Ma
33. “Without internet, there would have been no Jack Ma, and no Alibaba or Taobao.” – Jack Ma
34. “You need the right people with you, not the best people.” – Jack Ma
35. “You never know how much can you do in your life.” – Jack Ma
36. “You never know that the things you’re doing are that meaningful to society.” – Jack Ma
37. “You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.” – Jack Ma
38. “You’ve got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision.” – Jack Ma
39. “You’ve to make consumers smart. An e-commerce portal doesn’t sell a product at cheaper rates, instead an offline shop sells it at a costlier prices.” – Jack Ma