Jack Ma Quotes

I think I make a difference. I mean a lot to my people. I've done well. They're proud of me.

I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers.

I didn't change the world.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.'

I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'

Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it's about how many peoples' lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.

I guess I'm pleased and proud of the respect of my peers, and that when I disappear from the scene or from this earth, I will have left a mark. They'll say, 'He did it well.' I like being funny; it opens people up.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

At the end of my life, is it better to say that I empowered people to make great stuff, or that I died with a net worth of $10 billion? Obviously I'm picking the former, although I would not mind both.

I've got nothing against selling out, but just let me do it for something that matters. Not so I can be Number One With a Bullet, as it were, but so I can leave this world feeling like I made a difference.

Winning 'American Idol' gives the opportunity to really help make a change to a lot of lives, and making a difference has given me the greatest satisfaction and joy.

We didn’t make it perfect, but we did change the world.

I wanna make my mark, and I wanna be part of something!

I want to make a diference. I want people to know my name. Like Ali.

You either make history or you don't.

I want to create a different kind of legacy.

Something I learned along the way is that you really have to have courage in life. You can do amazing things on any level. It doesn't have to change the world; it can just impact the people around you - that's just as amazing.

The biggest accolades aren't the Grammys for me. It's creating opportunities for people.

Leaving a legacy behind is huge.

No,' he said, 'you only have to live long enough to inspire others to do great things.

Many years from now, what would you like people to line up and thank you for?

I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember.

'Stand and Deliver' has been the most successful thing I have done in my life. So many people have seen it. There was really no need for me to do anything else.