Top 183 Quotes & Sayings by Jack Ma - Page 2

Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.

I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us.

I don't care about revenues.

Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.

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.

The big businesses are less willing to take risks. I talked to some young people in Hong Kong, and they said they are lost. Young people indeed have fewer opportunities than before. But is it true that there are no more opportunities for them? No!

We want to help U.S. entrepreneurs, small business owners, and brands and companies of all sizes sell their goods to the growing Chinese consumer class. Chinese consumers will get to buy the American products they want. This, in turn, will help create American jobs and increase U.S. exports.

I want to stress the importance of being fair to our readers. You should not impose your own view and prejudice on the readers and try to lead them to a conclusion. As a reader, I understand what a fair report is.

IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go?

Every time there's an election, people start to criticize China.

I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice.

Helping doing business easier, we choose the name Alibaba because it is a global company. It is founded in China, but it was created for the world.

I think U.S. and Chinese businesses need a common language and dialogue.

People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.

If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Wal-Mart, I will regret it for the rest of my life.

I want people to learn what democracy means.

The name Jack was given by an American tourist.

I absolutely don't have $20 billion. But I'd love to, right?

Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?

When I was starting out, I thought about how the Internet is global and that we should have a global name, a name that's interesting. At that time, the best name was Yahoo! Suddenly I thought, 'Alibaba is a good name.'

I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.

Consumption is still going up on Alibaba. This is because when the economy goes down people look online to Alibaba to buy cheaper things.

Hong Kong people say Hong Kong needs to preserve its uniqueness. I say Hong Kong's uniqueness is in its diversity, its tolerance of difference cultures... China does not want to see Hong Kong in decline. I have full confidence in its future.

My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name.

The American multinational companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization.

It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.

Asia is changing, and China is changing. The 'Post' will have great opportunities. With its access to Alibaba's resources, data, and all the relationships in our ecosystem, the 'Post' can report on Asia and China more accurately compared with other media that have no such access.

I got my story, my dream, from America. The hero I had is Forrest Gump... I like that guy. I've been watching that movie about 10 times. Every time I get frustrated, I watch the movie. I watched the movie before I came here again to New York. I watched the movie again telling me that no matter whatever changed, you are you.

I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs.

I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time.

When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.

The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West.

When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.

Our focused customers are small business and young people. We did a great job in China. How can we help those young people in India, in Pakistan, in Africa. If they can use in the same ways.

What a publication can do is to help people get a clearer picture without jumping to any rash conclusion. I'm very happy that the 'Post' can take the responsibility to report on China in a broader and deeper way. I believe the 'Post' must be fair to our readers. We should let our readers see China from more angles and perspectives.

Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department store guys hate me. They say business is bad because of Jack.

China is still the fastest growing economy in the world, but we need to learn how to use money in a better way, and it's about quality, not quantity.

When we first started our internet company, 'China Pages', in 1995, and we were just making home pages for a lot of Chinese companies. We went to the big owners, the big companies, and they didn't want to do it. We go to state-owned companies, and they didn't want to do it. Only the small and medium companies really want to do it.

I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.

I don't shop online, but my wife buys everything at home. We buy sea crabs, fresh crabs, all kinds of things.

The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.

I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not watch it. I think, let the market take care of themselves; we should take care of the business.

A great opportunity is often hard to be explained clearly; things that can be explained clearly are often not the best opportunities.

If you've never tried, how will you ever know if there's any chance?

Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives.

The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done.

Go big, or go home. Otherwise, you’re wasting your youth.

If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then be different from your peers.

Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.

If you view everyone as your enemies, everyone around you will be your enemies.

If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.

The opportunities that everyone cannot see are the real opportunities.

If you don't give up, you still have a chance. And when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

Never ever compete on prices, instead compete on services and innovation.

I believe in two principles: Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities!

No matter what your current condition, how or where you grew up, or what education or training you feel you lack, you can be successful in your chosen endeavor. It is spirit, fortitude, and hardiness that matter more than where you start.

Find the right people, not the best people.

Giving up is the greatest failure.

Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueller. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful.

If you’re still poor at 35, you deserve it.