"Remember that your past success may lead to your future failure. However, if you learn a lesson from every failure, then you may ultimately succeed."

"You cannot unify everyone's thoughts, but you can unify everyone through a common goal."

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

"If we want to change the world, we change ourselves."

"If you are poor at 35 you deserve it."

"I found that the more you care about your team, the team will care about you and the team will care about their customers."

"Don't make me happy, don't love me. Make your customer happy, make your customer love you, and I will love you any minute."

"I hate to hire people who come as experts because there's no experts of future, they're always experts of yesterday."

"The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision."

"No matter how smart you are, you will encounter mistakes."

"I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes."

"Luck is very important. Of course, you can't wait for luck, because it won't come. While you start a journey, luck may eventually come to you."

"It is spirit, fortitude, and hardiness that matter more than where you start."

"If you want to grow, find a good opportunity. Today, if you want to be a great company, think about what social problem you could solve."

"If you cannot get used to failure — just like a boxer — if you can't get used to being hit, how can you win?"