"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present."
-- Lao Tzu"They called me crazy Jack. I think crazy is good. we're crazy but we're not stupid."
-- Jack Ma"You cannot unify everyone's thoughts, but you can unify everyone through a common goal."
-- Jack Ma"Before you're 30, work for a small company, learn passion, learn to dream."
-- Jack Ma"I found that the more you care about your team, the team will care about you and the team will care about their customers."
-- Jack Ma"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."
-- Jack Ma"I hate to hire people who come as experts because there's no experts of future, they're always experts of yesterday."
-- Jack Ma"The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision."
-- Jack Ma"No matter how smart you are, you will encounter mistakes."
-- Jack Ma"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."
-- Jack Ma"It is spirit, fortitude, and hardiness that matter more than where you start."
-- Jack Ma"If you cannot get used to failure — just like a boxer — if you can't get used to being hit, how can you win?"
-- Jack Ma"If you want your life to be simple, you shouldn't be a leader."
-- Jack Ma"If you want your business to succeed, it is critical to appoint enough female leaders."
-- Jack Ma"Women balance the logic and the instinct. I would say this is the 'secret sauce' of the company."
-- Jack Ma"When we see something is coming, we have to prepare now. My belief is that you have to repair the roof while it is still sunny."
-- Jack Ma"Life is so short, so beautiful. Don't be so serious about work. Enjoy life."
-- Jack Ma"Find the right people, not the best people."
-- Jack Ma"Forget about your competitors, just focus on your customers."
-- Jack Ma"Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives."
-- Jack Ma"A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't."
-- Jack Ma"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."
-- Jack Ma"If you want to win in the 21st century, you have to empower others, making sure other people are better than you."
-- Jack Ma"Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big."
-- Jack Ma