Jack Ma

"Focus on the future, not the past."

"The world needs more dreamers and doers."

"Your biggest competitor is not your rival but yourself."

"To succeed, you need to love what you do."

"Create a culture of excellence in everything you do."

"Never be satisfied with what you have achieved."

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

"Customers are not buying your product; they are buying your vision of the future."

"The biggest challenge of the 21st century is how to manage the success of the world."

"Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine."

"If you want to succeed, you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success."

"Opportunities lie in the place where the complaints are."

"You never know what you can do till you try."

"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision."

"Don't go for money; go for passion. If you go for passion, the money will follow."

"The most important thing is that you have a vision and that you are working towards it."

"When you are young, you should listen to people, but you shouldn't obey them."

"I am like a blind man walking on the road. I don't know where I am going."

"If you don't give up on something, you will never fail."

"The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes to everyone else's highlight reel."

"We are not afraid of competition. We are afraid of not offering good products."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts."

"Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. Most people die tomorrow evening."

"Learning is the only way forward."

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"The biggest problem with most people is that they think too much about what they cannot do."

"Money is very important for life, but it is not everything."

"I have always believed that the way you treat people is a direct reflection of your respect for them."

"The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles."

"Passion and compassion are the same thing."