Inspirational Quotes by Jeff Bezos

The people who are right a lot often change their minds.

— Jeff Bezos

Obsess about customers, not competitors.

— Jeff Bezos

Work hard, have fun and make history.

— Jeff Bezos

We are our choices. Build yourself a great story.

— Jeff Bezos

Are you lazy or just incompetent?

— Jeff Bezos

I wouldn't be surprised if history records Tim Berners-Lee as the second Gutenberg.

— Jeff Bezos

We were hoping to build a small profitable company; and of course, what we've done is build a large, unprofitable company.

— Jeff Bezos

We're not competitor obsessed, we're customer obsessed. We start with the customer and we work backwards.

— Jeff Bezos

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

— Jeff Bezos

Above all else, align with customers. Win when they win. Win only when they win.

— Jeff Bezos

We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.

— Jeff Bezos

I’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.

— Jeff Bezos

People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often

— Jeff Bezos

If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the…

— Jeff Bezos

It's hard to find things that won't sell online.

— Jeff Bezos

We can't be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode.

— Jeff Bezos

We change our tools and then our tools change us.

— Jeff Bezos

Determine what your customers need, and work backwards.

— Jeff Bezos

Not the outcome any of us wanted.

— Jeff Bezos

Focusing on the customer makes a company more resilient.

— Jeff Bezos

I'm not prepared to make any multi-decade commitments.

— Jeff Bezos

I never worked on the school newspaper.

— Jeff Bezos

The thing about inventing is you have to be both stubborn and flexible. The hard part is figuring out when to be…

— Jeff Bezos

We are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet.

— Jeff Bezos

If you have a business model that relies on customers being misinformed, you better start working on changing your business model.

— Jeff Bezos

If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.

— Jeff Bezos

You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you.

— Jeff Bezos

Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.

— Jeff Bezos

Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional.

— Jeff Bezos

If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.

— Jeff Bezos

Everything you are comes from your choices.

— Jeff Bezos