Born to Shine Quotes

“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?”
― Kendra Scott, Born to Shine: Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love

“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.”
― Kendra Scott, Born to Shine: Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love

“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.”
― Kendra Scott, Born to Shine: Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love

“I could never summarize for Holley what her friendship meant to me, the way she’d become an indelible part of my being.”
― Kendra Scott, Born to Shine: Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love

“My grandfather used to tell me that when you wrestle a pig, you both get dirty… but the pig likes it.”
― Kendra Scott, Born to Shine: Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love

“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.”
― Kendra Scott, Born to Shine: Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love

“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.”
― Kendra Scott, Born to Shine: Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love