Jeff Bezos

The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?

Jeff Bezos

We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details.

Jeff Bezos

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

Jeff Bezos

We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and they’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.

Jeff Bezos

Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.

Jeff Bezos

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

Jeff Bezos

Am I going to regret leaving Wall Street? No. Will I regret missing the beginning of the Internet? Yes.

Jeff Bezos

As a company, one of our greatest cultural strengths is accepting the fact that if you’re going to invent, you’re going to disrupt.

Jeff Bezos

Be proud of your choices, not your gifts.

Jeff Bezos

But there’s still so much you can do with technology to improve the customer experience. And that’s the sense in which I believe it’s still Day One, and that it’s early in the day. If anything, the rate of change is accelerating.

Jeff Bezos