Sophia Amoruso Quotes

I believe that there is a silver lining in everything, and once you begin to see it, you'll need sunglasses to combat the glare.

I’ve been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want – and the one that I’m best at.

I stopped feeling like I didn't belong anywhere, and realized that I actually belonged anywhere I wanted to be.

No matter where you are in life, you'll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.

We choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen ... or not.

I wanted to do something really visual and photogenic.

Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line; fortune favors action. Race balls-out toward the extraordinary life that you’ve always dreamed of, or still haven’t had time to dream up. And prepare to have a hell of a lot of fun along the way.

The energy you'll expend focusing on someone else's life is better spent working on your own. Just be your own idol.

The last thing the world needs is another boring person or another boring brand, so embrace all the things that make you different. Alter your clothes all you want, but don't you dare alter your inner freak - she's got your back as much as I do.

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.

Compete with yourself, not with others.

One of the best things about life—a reason not to go blindly after one goal and one goal only—is that sometimes it will take you to something that is way cooler than anything you would have consciously set out to do in the first place.

True success lies in knowing your weaknesses and playing to your strengths

A #GIRLBOSS is in charge of her own life. She gets what she wants because she works for it.

There are secret opportunities hidden inside every failure.

Clothing is ultimately the suit of armor in which we battle the world.

If you listen only to those around you, the chances of your dreams coming true are very small.

It’s cool to be kind. It’s cool to be weird. It’s cool to be honest and to be secure with yourself.

What do you do when you’re living in a hut for $500 a month and subsisting on Boston Market and Subway? You just keep doing what you’re doing.

Create your own job. Become the master of what you do. Fully imerse yourself in your culter. Be humble. You are never above having to pack boxes. Never forget where you came from. And always be polite. Good old-fashioned manners can get you very far. -Jenne Lomardo

When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility

You create the world, blink by blink. It is entirely yours to discover and yours to create.

If you’re frustrated because you’re not getting what you want, stop for a second: Have you actually flat-out asked for it? If you haven’t, stop complaining. You can’t expect the world to read your mind. You have to put it out there, and sometimes putting it out there is as simple as just saying, “Hey, can I have that?

The biggest challenge is people thinking you know everything going on in your company, because you're at the top of it and you started it. But the thing is, nobody knows everything about anything.

You can't act like you've arrived when you're only just receiving the invitation.

To be an author, and an executive producer, and a host, and I don't even know, I mean I actually have a resume now, which is pretty cool.

In my teens I saw the world in only black and white. Now I know that most things exist in a certain gray area. Though it took a while to get here, I now call this gray area home. I once believed that participating in a capitalist economy would be the death of me, but now realize that agonizing over the political implications of every move I make isn’t exactly living.

I'm telling you that you don't have to choose between smart and sexy. You can have both. You are both.

If you believe that what you’re doing will have positive results, it will— even if it’s not immediately obvious.

The world loves to tell you how difficult things are, and the world's not exaggerating. But difficult doesn't mean impossible, and out of the bajillions of things in this universe that you can't control, what you can control is how hard you try, and if or when to pack it in.

Treat your mind like your money, don't waste it.

Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back

Look at the other side of things even if you know you'll never agree. It creates empathy.

I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.

You don't get what you don't ask for

Knowing when to speak up and when to shut up will get you very far not only in business, but in life.

The last thing I’d ever subscribe to are fashion rules. However, I do think that you should put effort into what you wear. Clothing is ultimately the suit of armor in which we battle the world. When you choose your clothing right, it feels good. And there’s nothing shallow about feeling good. Owning your style, however, is much more about your attitude than it is about what’s on your back. But don’t underestimate the transformational possibilities that getting dressed can afford you.

Money looks better in the bank than on your feet.

You don't get taken seriously by asking someone to take you seriously. You’ve got to show up and own it. If this is a man’s world, who cares? I’m still really glad to be a girl in it.

The only thing I smoke is my competition

Focus on the positive things in your life and you'll be shocked at how many more positive things start happening

You belong wherever you want to belong.

Just balancing all the different projects, I mean I spent almost 10 years just doing Nasty Gal and I say "just" but that was a lot, and it's still a lot.

A #GIRLBOSS knows when to throw punches and when to roll with them.

Our lives are so visual now, with social media and we're constantly shifting gears. Nobody requires a table of contents. Nobody requires that one page leads to the next page, we're okay being surprised by things that are eclectic.

There is no normal. What my job was a few years ago was completely different than what it is today. As soon as I have it dialed in, the company changes and the team changes and my role changes as a result. What the company needs is always evolving, and I don't get to choose what I want to do as much as I thought I would be now - which is OK. It keeps me in this position of learning new things and keeping me humble. There is always something I don't know, and I'm comfortable with that.

It’s the age-old concept of like attracts like, or the law of attraction. You get back what you put out, so you might as well think positively, focus on visualizing what you want instead of getting distracted by what you don’t want, and send the universe your good intentions so that it can send them right back.

It just means that your talents lie elsewhere, so take the opportunity to seek out what you are good at, and find a place where you can flourish. Once you do, you’re going to kill it.

Forcing me to figure out how to provide for myself was probably one of the best things my parents ever did for me.

It takes a special kind of stubbornness to succeed as an entrepreneur