Obsess about customers, not competitors.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.

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

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

What we want to be is something completely new. There is no physical analog for what Amazon.com is becoming.

One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you.

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.

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

Everything you are comes from your choices.

A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.

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

It is not by believing but by doubting that one can attain to the truth, which is ever changing form and condition.

Much of your strength as a woman can come from the resolve to replenish and fill your own well and essence first, before taking care of others.

It was our first date and I asked what his favorite movie is. He asked if I’d judge him, but instead of judging him I just loved him.

But I am tired of everyone being gone, and I am tired of everything that has tired me out for the last five years of my life.

Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.

I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.

My mother used to tell me when I went somewhere, "Please leave your foolishness at home." But how could I do that? It was stuck on me.

Whenever we cover our brother's sin, God will cover ours; whenever we tell people about our brother's guilt, God will do the same about ours.

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems.

The devil told my mind that my thoughts held no power; and this seemed true until my thoughts I began to speak.