Kendra Scott Quotes

“Here's the promise I'd like to see us make for one another: that when we're down, we'll reach out for help. That when we're up, we'll reach back and offer a hand.”

“It's undeniable that women in power are held to standards that would never apply to men. Has anyone told Jeff Bezos that he should smile more?”

“And that's what we do: we show up, and we keep showing up when things are hard, or exhausting, or downright terrible. We cannot fix it all for everyone, but we can do our best to ease the burden for those around us.”

“What if we looked at our own lives and saw the flaws and cracks and imperfections as features wholly unique to us, assets that increased our value, that make us truly one of a kind.”

“My grandfather used to tell me that when you wrestle a pig, you both get dirty… but the pig likes it.”

“I could never summarize for Holley what her friendship meant to me, the way she'd become an indelible part of my being.”

“I'm tired of women pretending like their work is effortless, their success a fluke, that the success of another woman is a ding against them instead of a point for all of us.”

“You do good.”

“I was on the kitchen floor crying, thinking, 'This is it.'”

“Do good first. Sell jewelry second.”

“Failure wasn't an option. I had to succeed for them.”

“I was so focused on making something work that wasn't working. It was funny that the answer to my future was really in front of me, and I wasn't paying any attention to what was working.”

“The minute you compare yourself with others and copy them, your customers stop trusting you. I love it when someone says, you cannot do this. It gets me going. It stokes that fire in me.”

“You can't just go on yesterday's wins. You've got to think differently every day.”

“I've been in boardrooms where no one looks like me. Getting funding and getting taken seriously were significant roadblocks. Those roadblocks may not go away, but I want to help women get over those hurdles.”