I say to my team all the time that this is how I grew up: Always thinking that, at any minute, I could be unemployed. You have to scramble. You have to work hard and get ahead of things.

Believe that there are no limitations, no barriers to your success --- you will be empowered and you will achieve.

Dreams do come true, but not without the help of others, a good education, a strong work ethic, and the courage to lean in.

The best way to change it is to do it. Right? And then after a while you become it, and it's easy.

The world is changing. We all know this. And as that world changes, if you don't transform your company, you're stuck.

I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say.

Where you are is not who you are

My perspective comes in part from being a New York black lady, in part from being an engineer. I know I'm smart and have opinions worth being heard.

I'm an advocate for change and eager to break a little glass when needed.

I want to stop transforming and just start being.

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

Hidden yourself in a hole and dared to burden no one with your grievous friendship? I will have friends, Katsa. I will have a life, even though I carry this burden.

If we pray, we shall prosper.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.

The only "right" answer is one that can be questioned.

If you must push yourself beyond your limits, push yourself hard enough for success.

When I was a kid, one of my favorite books was George Gamow's 'One Two Three ... Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science.'

My whole mission in life is to help us find the power we lack to create the world we want.

Losing a wife can be very hard. In my case, it was almost impossible.

A lot of people think I'm naturally confident. I am not naturally confident!

A woman must be truly refined to incite chivalry in the heart of a man.