"A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee."

"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."

"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."

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

"I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes."

"When everybody else believe it you have no chance. When only few people believe it, you believe it, you prove it, that's your chance."

"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."

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

"As entrepreneurs, if you're not optimistic, you're in trouble. So the people I choose, they have to be optimistic."

"If you want your life to be simple, you shouldn't be a leader."

"If you want your business to succeed, it is critical to appoint enough female leaders."