Top 50 Marc Benioff Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The only constant in the technology industry is change.”

— Marc Benioff

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2. “You need to get to the future, ahead of your customers, and be ready to greet them when they arrive.”

— Marc Benioff

3. “You must always be able to predict what’s next and then have the flexibility to evolve.”

— Marc Benioff

4. “The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.”

— Marc Benioff

5. “90% of the world’s data was created in the last two years.”

— Marc Benioff

6. “The real joy in life comes from giving. It comes from service. It comes from doing things for other people. That is what is so powerful about this. Nothing will make you happier than giving.”

— Marc Benioff

7. “You need to have a beginner’s mind to create bold innovation.”

— Marc Benioff

8. “We strive always to have a beginner’s mind.”

— Marc Benioff

9. “Most of all, I discovered that in order to succeed with a product, you must truly get to know your customers and build something for them.”

— Marc Benioff

10. “I love software and I love technology.”

— Marc Benioff

11. “You have chosen the wrong path if it’s not fun. And you are probably not taking enough risk if it’s not hard and rocky sometimes.”

— Marc Benioff

12. “Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves – and represent you – in a certain way.”

— Marc Benioff

13. “Life grows relative to one’s investment in it.”

— Marc Benioff

14. “There is no finish line when it comes to system reliability and availability, and our efforts to improve performance never cease.”

— Marc Benioff

15. “Multi-Tenancy is a requirement for a SaaS vendor to be successful.”

— Marc Benioff

16. “The future of communicating with customers rests in engaging with them through every possible channel: phone, e-mail, chat, Web, and social networks. Customers are discussing a company’s products and brand in real time. Companies need to join the conversation.”

— Marc Benioff

17. “Don’t forget to do something for other people.”

— Marc Benioff

18. “The cloud services companies of all sizes; the cloud is for everyone. The cloud is a democracy.”

— Marc Benioff

19. “The world is being re-shaped by the convergence of social, mobile, cloud, big data, community and other powerful forces. The combination of these technologies unlocks an incredible opportunity to connect everything together in a new way and is dramatically transforming the way we live and work.”

— Marc Benioff

20. “One person at a time, one company at a time.”

— Marc Benioff

21. “One idea alone is a tactic, but if it can be executed a number of different ways, it becomes a great strategy.”

— Marc Benioff

22. “I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner’s mind.”

— Marc Benioff

23. “The concept that I like the most, and the one that I’ve taken most to heart, is the belief that people can’t be united or focused unless they share a common philosophy-a philosophy that gives their effort a greater meaning.”

— Marc Benioff

24. “Customers want new functionality, but they don’t want the traditional complexity that has marred products in the past.”

— Marc Benioff

25. “You never want to be completely alone at what you do. Competition is good for everyone.”

— Marc Benioff

26. “In business, we say that people overestimate what you can do in a year and underestimate what you can do in a decade. This is true in philanthropy as well.”

— Marc Benioff

27. “Philanthropy can be integrated into business. I believe strongly that companies can be incredible agents of good in the world.”

— Marc Benioff

28. “Seize the opportunity in front of you. Imagine. Invent. Disrupt. Do good. I know that you must be passionate, unreasonable, and a little bit crazy to follow your own ideas and do things differently. But it’s worth it. Life grows relative to one’s investment in it.”

— Marc Benioff

29. “It’s amazing to consider that no matter what size customer we were pitching, or where in the world we were selling, a singular idea drove all our accomplishments: we never sold features. We sold the model and we sold the customer’s success.”

— Marc Benioff

30. “It’s about how to create a culture where doing well is synonymous with doing good in order to thrive in a world where a company is only as strong as the principles it adopts.”

— Marc Benioff

31. “Realize that you won’t be able to bring the same focus to everything in the beginning. There won’t be enough people or enough hours in the day. So focus on the 20 percent that makes 80 percent of the difference.”

— Marc Benioff

32. “Nothing is going to make you happier in your life than giving.”

— Marc Benioff

33. “Although I loved working on technology – I’ve always been a computer geek at heart – my professors encouraged me to get a real-world job working with customers.”

— Marc Benioff

34. “There is a Japanese belief that business is temporal, whereas relationships are eternal. That’s true. One day you compete. The next day you partner. One day someone is your subordinate; the next day he or she may be your superior. At its finest, business is friendly competition, just like a game of tennis. As.”

— Marc Benioff

35. “We believe in the art of war. We are trying to get our competition to attack us with angry, virulent energy, so we can transform that into larger market share.”

— Marc Benioff

36. “Learning to code at a young age opened my eyes to the incredibly exciting world of technology and entrepreneurship. Our youth deserve the opportunity to learn the skills that will enable them to succeed in our connected world.”

— Marc Benioff

37. “Philanthropy isn’t just about big gifts; it’s about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.”

— Marc Benioff

38. “I believe a balanced life is essential, and I try to make sure that all of our employees know that and live that way. It’s crucial to me as a manager that I help ensure that our employees are as successful as our customers and partners.”

— Marc Benioff

39. “If there wasn’t any competition, I’d be very worried, because it would mean we were not doing very well.”

— Marc Benioff

40. “Relationships with the media are really important. The media has a more important voice today than it has ever had. We don’t advertise. We only have one marketing vehicle, which is editorial, and our ability to get our message out and communicate it effectively.”

— Marc Benioff

41. “The CMO is expected to spend more on technology than the CIO by 2017.”

— Marc Benioff

42. “I don’t look at business as a zero-sum game. I don’t. I’ve never seen it play out that way in our industry, and I think you innovate and you add value, deliver value back to customers, and you get value back from the world.”

— Marc Benioff

43. “This is what our customers are asking for to take them to the next level and free them from the bondage of mainframe and client-server software.”

— Marc Benioff

44. “Journalists immediately think of me as a resource for a quote or comment because they know that I will be available to offer fresh insight and meet their deadlines.”

— Marc Benioff

45. “I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won’t be effective.”

— Marc Benioff

46. “The elites – or managers in companies – no longer control the conversation. This is how insurrections start.”

— Marc Benioff

47. “Mult-Tenancyi is really the future of our industry.”

— Marc Benioff

48. “Social embedded business processes that solve concrete needs are key to enterprise social collaboration.”

— Marc Benioff

49. “In school all I wanted to do was build technology. That’s what I loved.”

— Marc Benioff

50. “Learning how to interact with customers is something that anyone starting any business must master. It’s an amazing opportunity to be able to learn the ropes at an established company and then employ your expertise at your own company.”

— Marc Benioff