Jeff Bezos Quotes

I always think about opportunity and how you regret the things you don't do.

I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

The only regrets I have are things I didn't do.

Will you look back on life and say, 'I wish I had,' or 'I’m glad I did'?

Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

Don't be that guy that's laying in that hospital bed going, 'I wonder what would have happened if I tried it?' The worst thing that could happen is that it doesn't work.

As we grow older I always think, why didn't I do more when I was young, why didn't I risk more?

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least I'd know that I tried.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

I think you regret the things that you don't do more than the things you do.

The one thing I learned is to just give everything a shot. You don't want to live in regret.

It's so much worse to live in regret in your forties than it is to take a chance in your late twenties.

In my experience, we only ever regret the things we have not done.

I never want to look back on life and say I wish I did something, and I don't want anybody else to do that.

The best advice I got from my aunt, the great singer Rosemary Clooney, and from my dad, who was a game show host and news anchor, was: don't wake up at seventy years old sighing over what you should have tried. Just do it, be willing to fail, and at least you gave it a shot. That's echoed for me all through the last few years.

That was the one thing she knew now. Some chances came and went, and if you missed them, you could spend the rest of your life standing alone, waiting for an opportunity that had already passed you by.

Suppose you should fail. Is that so terrible? Not to have tried is a worse failure.