Jack Ma Quotes

Trust the young. Young people have a lot to contribute, but generation after generation, those who reach power protect that power rather than teach others how to attain it. I resolved that if I ever became successful, I would trust the young.

Kids really have a lot more power than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.

There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.

The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future.

My grandfather raised me believing in the power of youth to change the world.

We lack role models who can inspire our young people to make change.

Giving youth a chance is part of our philosophy, part of our DNA.

I realized I was good at developing young people. Eventually I started to believe in young people. I think when you give a young person an opportunity, he always believes who gave him his first chance. You create a loyalty that lasts a lifetime.

I have always believed that I could help change the world, because I have been lucky to have adults around me who did.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.

Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are.

If you had told me when I was at high school that one day I would be working for a for-profit company, let alone running one, I would have said you were crazy. But I am interested in how you can empower individuals to make change, and Causes is doing just that.

Transformed people transform people.

I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?

I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.

It turns out, all the studies show you invest a little time in another person's life, often a younger person, and all of us have that capacity to do it, just an hour a week, an hour every couple of weeks, and you can make a tremendous difference in a kid's life over their lifetime.

Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world.

Our young people are assets to be cultivated and nurtured; let's begin treating them that way.

Young people need models, not critics.

I fell in love with coaching. I loved interacting with young people, having the opportunity to make a tremendous impression on them.

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.

Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.

Encouraging the next generation is really where my heart is.

Looking forward, we see that it is the youth of today who hold the key to tomorrow. And we can help unlock it.