You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.
You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.

Similar Jeff Bezos quotes:
Other Entrepreneurship :
- If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
- You can do more than you think
- It’s called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSIT. Don’t wait. Just ship.
- Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.
- The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.
- When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.
- Building something that matters is a marathon, not a sprint.
- My best ideas come in the shower, where I’m showered with water, but also ideas.
- Someday is a dangerous word.
- A career is just a longer trip with a whole lot more baggage.
- To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
- Find something to aim for in life. Do not live an empty life.
- I want to put a ding in the universe
- Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
- Do not focus on problems; focus on solutions!
- Disruptors don’t have to discover something new; they just have to discover a practical use for new discoveries.
- Success and failure come and go, but don’t let them define you. It’s who you are that matters.
- Creating anything that never existed before is not sanity.
- They were building a Ferrari for every launch, when it was possible that a Honda Accord might do the trick.
- Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.