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Tory Burch Quotes

19 quotes from Tory Burch — Fashion designer and founder of Tory Burch LLC, a global fashion brand valued at ~$3.5B..

My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.

Mother

Remember: if the most unique ideas were obvious to everyone, there wouldn't be entrepreneurs. The one thing that every entrepreneurial journey has in common is that there are many, many steps on the road to success.

Journey

I am always interested in designing things that have a great price point attached to it.

Design

I think when I was on the corporate ladder, it was very difficult to maintain the hours. It's a little easier when you have you're an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneurship

One of my greatest talents is recognizing talent in others and giving them the forum to shine.

Talent

I think women want to look beautiful. I think that's an important thing. It is relevant.

Beauty

We need to get women to the point where they aren't apologizing. It's time to take ownership in our success.

Empowerment

Sometimes women entrepreneurs are their own challenge, in terms of believing in themselves. There is no need to apologize for being ambitious.

Ambition

We may live in an age of instant messaging, instant gratification, and Instagram, but there is no way to short-circuit the path to success. It takes hard work, tenacity, and patience.

Perseverance

Buckle up and know that it's going to be a tremendous amount of work but embrace it.

Work

Think of negativity as noise and always believe in what you're doing.

Positivity

She's always had a very practical, intuitive side as well as a creative side. It's a unique balance you don't see often. You either have total creatives, or you have people that are almost on the verge of merchandisers.

Robert Burke, luxury consultant

When I left my job in fashion and PR, I knew I wanted to help women and children. The plan was to start a global brand so that we could start a foundation, and I was basically laughed out of the room by potential investors and people telling me I shouldn't look at anything business or social-related in the same sentence. I went back to my gut.

Tory Burch

A lot of the time, people want us to work on things that have sold in the past. I wanted to scrap that idea and think about the future.

Tory Burch

We may live in an age of instant messaging, instant gratification, and Instagram, but there is no way to short circuit the path to success. It takes hard work, tenacity, and patience.

Tory Burch, Babson College commencement address, May 2014

You have to have conviction and a vision and not deviate from that, but also be able to move into the current. It's so important to have a unique point of view and make your mark and do something that is answering a need, but also be able to move when you have to move in different directions.

Tory Burch, TIME 100 Summit, 2024

People are really looking for authenticity. You attract the people that relate to who you are and what you stand for and what you propose.

Tory Burch, BoF Crossroads, Dubai, 2025

Refining my role was the best decision I ever made, and I wish I could have done it sooner. In 2019, I gave up the CEO title after 14 years so I could focus exclusively on design, and the difference has been night and day.

Tory Burch, Katie Couric interview, 2024

The plan was to start a global brand so that we could start a foundation, and I was basically laughed out of the room by potential investors and people telling me I shouldn't look at anything business or social-related in the same sentence. I went back to my gut.

Tory Burch, The Cut, 2023

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