Jack Ma Quotes

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness

In school, you get a limited view of the world. Start working. Find your passion. Take your time doing that. Once you've found what you're passionate about, then lock down. Even if you want to start a business, it's helpful to work, see how other businesses are run.

I think any job you do is an opportunity to learn and an opportunity to explore and challenge yourself.

It is so important to remember that, while I love my job, there are other fantastic avenues to explore in my life.

A less-than dream job can help you find your dreams.

Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.

I'm right at a time when I'm strongly finding my identity inside of my work.

It shouldn't just be about money. It should be about loving what you do.

For a long time, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was desperate to find something that fit me and I just decided that if I could organically make a professional living out of the things that interested me, then I would be a happy person.

My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most in life - and figure out a way to make a living from it.

It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.

I know from experience that careers do not always arise from a deep sense of destiny.

Almost any job can make us better human beings if we do it with passion.

I just don't spend maybe enough time figuring out my place. Maybe I do in the world, but not so much in Hollywood.

It's not like I wake up and think, 'Now I'm going to go to work.' It just feels like a continuing exploration.

When I started with 'Cocktail,' I was trying to figure out if this was something I wanted to do.

Sometimes it's okay for careers to find you.

I'm excited about developing as a Diva and finding where my place is in this company.

I don't know what kind of career I want to forge for myself. But I want it to be one where I love the work that I've done. And I like to think that I have good instincts.

After college I'd take up a job and I'd experience what it is to take up a job, rather than starting out on my own. I said let me just work for six months so that I know myself a little better.

For me, it's beautiful when career and passion come together.

I never thought that I would treasure doing my job, and I have reached that point. I've gotten to a point where it's like the priesthood: this is what I was called to do.

Never give up searching for the job that you're passionate about.

Well, once you get the groove of your life and you sort out the aspects of your life that you prefer, and you’ve performed all your responsibilities as a father and as a partner. And just discovery and the great adventure of having eyes wide open. There’s so much of this beautiful planet that is still actually spectacular and stimulating. There are so many amazing people that you meet along the way. By using my career as the wind in the sails of my adventures, I could see so many things and so many people that I might have missed had my career gone a different direction.

The truth is I would do my job for free! I love it every day. If you can possibly choose a vocation that's an avocation, a job that's really a hobby, then you'll be way ahead of the game. You should not pick an occupation because your think your parents want you to do it, or because you think it's the noble thing to do. You should only pick a job because it turns you on.