“When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“If you’re always under the pressure of real identity, I think that is somewhat of a burden.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that’s always existed.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Don’t let anyone tell you to change who you are.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Our society needs more heroes who are scientists, researchers, and engineers. We need to celebrate and reward the people who cure diseases, expand our understanding of humanity and work to improve people’s lives.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“A lot of people are focused on taking over the world or doing the biggest thing and getting the most users. I think part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“People don’t care about what someone says about you in a movie – or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people’s life better, then that’s something that’s really good.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Move fast with stable infrastructure.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“The question I ask myself like almost every day is, ‘Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?’” – Mark Zuckerberg
“If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Don’t let people deter you. That’s how you do it.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“You are better off trying something and having it not work and learning from that than not doing anything at all.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Building a mission and building a business go hand-in-hand.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“I made so many mistakes in running the company so far, basically any mistake you can think of I probably made. I think, if anything, the Facebook story is a great example of how if you’re building a product that people love you can make a lot of mistakes.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services.” – Mark Zuckerberg
Simply put we do not build services to make money we make money to build better services. – Mark Zuckerberg
“My goal was never to just create a company. A lot of people misinterpret that, as if I don’t care about revenue or profit or any of those things. But what not being just a company means to me is not being just that – building something that actually makes a really big change in the world.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“I always kind of see how I want things to be better, and I’m generally not happy with how things are or the level of service that we’re providing for people or the quality of the teams that we built. But if you look at this objectively, we’re doing so well on so many of these things. I think it’s important to have gratitude for that.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“The real story of Facebook is just that we’ve worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“When most people ask about a business growing, what they really mean is growing revenue, not just growing the number of people using a service. Traditional businesses would view people using your service that you don’t make money from as a cost.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“I feel that the best companies are started not because the founder wanted a company but because the founder wanted to change the world… If you decide you want to found a company, you maybe start to develop your first idea. And hire lots of workers.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“So many businesses get worried about looking like they might make a mistake, they become afraid to take any risk. Companies are set up so that people judge each other on failure.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Entrepreneurship is about creating change, not just companies.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“There are different ways to do innovation. You can plant a lot of seeds, not be committed to any particular one of them, but just see what grows. And this really isn’t how we’ve approached this. We go mission-first, then focus on the pieces we need and go deep on them and be committed to them.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.” – Mark Zuckerberg
By giving people the power to share we are making the world more transparent. – Mark Zuckerberg
“I got my first computer in the 6th grade or so. As soon as I got it, I was interested in finding out how it worked and how the programs worked and then figuring out how to write programs at just deeper and deeper levels within the system.”– Mark Zuckerberg
“In addition to building better products, a more open world will also encourage businesses to engage with their customers directly and authentically. More than four million businesses have Pages of Facebook that they use to have a dialogue with their customers. We expect this trend to grow as well.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“People think innovation is just having a good idea but a lot of it is just moving quickly and trying a lot of things.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“I’m here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Books allow you to fully explore a topic and immerse yourself in a deeper way than most media today.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“I think the internet is really good in general because it helps people get access to more information.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“The Hacker Way is an approach to building that involves continuous improvement and iteration. Hackers believe that something can always be better and that nothing is ever complete.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“The most important thing that entrepreneurs should do is pick something they care about, work on it, but don’t actually commit to turning it into a company until it actually works.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“It is important for young entrepreneurs to be adequately self-aware to know what they do not know.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people’s perspectives… I really try and live the mission of the company and… keep everything else in my life extremely simple.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“You get a reputation for stability if you are stable for years.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don’t really believe in it, then they are not going to really work hard.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Find that thing you are super passionate about.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“It takes courage to choose hope over fear.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in a cycle where people are underestimating us. It gives us latitude to go out and make big bets that excite and amaze people.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“I’m here to tell you finding your purpose isn’t enough. The challenge for our generation is creating a world where everyone has a sense of purpose.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Some people dream of success…while others wake up and work hard at it.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Instead of building walls, we can help build bridges.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Whatever you build, build with care. Anyone who has built something big has done it with care.” – Mark Zuckerberg