Top 90 Jack Ma Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Forget about your competitors, just focus on your customers.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Startup Quotes, Focus Quotes, Service Quotes, Powerful Quotes

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

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Focus Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Goal Setting Quotes

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

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Quotes About Home

4. “Find the right people, not the best people.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Leadership Quotes

5. “If you don’t give up, you still have a chance.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

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

— Jack Ma

7. “Giving up is the greatest failure.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Startup Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Men, Giving Up Quotes, Commitment Quotes

8. “Opportunities are where the complaints are.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Opportunity Quotes

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

— Jack Ma

10. “If you’ve never tried, how will you ever know if there’s any chance?”

— Jack Ma

11. “The very important thing you should have is patience.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Patience Quotes, Short Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Positive Work Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes

12. “Life is so short, so beautiful. Don’t be so serious about work. Enjoy life.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Sweet Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Graduation Quotes

13. “I don’t want to be liked. I want to be respected.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Respect Quotes, Respect To Be Respected Quotes

14. “Never ever compete on prices, instead compete on services and innovation.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Motivational Quotes for Work, Inspirational Business Quotes, Competition Quotes

15. “A good job isn’t something you go out and find, it’s something you discover while you’re working.”

— Jack Ma

16. “Global vision, local win.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Vision Quotes

17. “You never know how much you can do in your life.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Short Quotes About Life

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

— Jack Ma

19. “You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Inspirational Business Quotes, Competition Quotes

20. “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.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Make A Difference Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Problem-Solving Quotes

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

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Work, Personality Quotes, Career Development Quotes, Self-Belief Quotes, Good Morning Motivational Quotes

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

— Jack Ma

23. “The customer is number one, the employee is number two and the shareholder is number three. If the customer is happy, the business is happy, and the shareholders are happy.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Service Quotes

24. “Don’t hire the most qualified, hire the craziest.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Crazy Quotes

25. “The opportunities that everyone cannot see are the real opportunities.”

— Jack Ma

26. “We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Cheer Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Students

27. “For ecommerce, the most important thing is trust.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Reputation Quotes, Quotes About Trust

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

— Jack Ma

29. “Always let your employees come to work with a smile.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Friday Quotes for Work, Monday Morning Quotes, Engagement Quotes, Boss Quotes

30. “A real businessman or entrepreneur has no enemies. Once he understands this, the sky’s the limit.”

— Jack Ma

31. “Your employee should have superior technical skills than you. If he doesn’t, it means you have hired the wrong person.”

— Jack Ma

32. “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

33. “A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Boss Quotes

34. “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

Featured in: Encouraging Quotes for Students, Inspirational Quotes for Students, Small Business Quotes, Quotes About Kids

35. “When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Be Yourself Quotes

36. “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

37. “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.”

— Jack Ma

38. “When we have money, we start making mistakes.”

— Jack Ma

39. “No matter what one does, regardless of failure or success, the experience is a form of success in itself.”

— Jack Ma

40. “I’m not a tech guy. I’m looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people’s eyes.”

— Jack Ma

41. “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.”

— Jack Ma

Featured in: Encouraging Quotes for Students, Giving Up Quotes

42. “We appreciate yesterday, but we’re looking for a better tomorrow.”

— Jack Ma

43. “If we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat ten of them.”

— Jack Ma

44. “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

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

— Jack Ma

46. “30% of all people will never believe you. Do not allow your colleagues and employees to work for you. Instead, let them work for a common goal.”

— Jack Ma

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

— Jack Ma

48. “Adopt and change before any major trends or changes.”

— Jack Ma

49. “Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them.”

— Jack Ma

50. “The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.”

— Jack Ma