Tony Hsieh Quotes

It is human nature, especially as we get older, to look for stability in our lives. But if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to fight against that somewhat, as starting a business requires movement. You cannot stay still.

Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.

Risk is an essential part of progress.

Life is like the monkey bars: you have to let go to move forward. Once you make the decision to leap into entrepreneurship, be sure to loosen your grasp on old concepts so you can swing your way to new ones.

This business is always changing. If you're going to be a leader, you've got to take chances.

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

Grounding airplanes to cover your butt would never have let Orville or Wilbur change the world. We would still be spending weeks to cross the Atlantic to do business in London.

I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied.

I believe if you are not rediscovering yourself and pushing boundaries, then you are not alive.

If you want to make more money, you'll have to do things differently. You will have to do things you never even thought of doing in the past. You will have to do things out of your comfort zone.

In a business, you've got to move on.

As I say to our own team: 'Never protect your past, never define yourself by a single product, and always continue to steward for the long-term. Keep moving towards the future.'

In any business, you have to evolve.

To have longevity in this business, you have to reinvent yourself. You can't keep doing the same stuff. Sometimes I've turned down stuff and lost money.

What is the purpose of being human and alive without doing new things?

There's always something happening in the world that creates an opportunity to try to fix a business and build a business.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

I love a challenge, and I love challenging people's preconceptions.

The height of success is when you break your business, that is what I say! Just when you think things are really, really going well, that's the time to change.

Everybody's career has ups and downs. I like to take chances; I don't like to stand still. And I don't give a damn what the market is interested in; I want to try things.

I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.

Something new will always be the source of growth in Silicon Valley.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.