Grace Hopper

"If you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough."

"I have always believed that the best ideas often come from unexpected places."

"Life is about making a difference, not about making a fortune."

"The most important tool a programmer has is their mind."

"I wanted to prove that women belonged in every field of work."

"The future is built by those who dare to dream big."

"I have always believed in the importance of speaking up for what you believe in."

"The best way to learn is to do, not just to listen."

"I believe that every person has the potential to achieve great things."

"The most damaging phrase in the language is 'We've always done it this way.'"

"Amazing things happen when you remove obstacles and let people do their work."

"Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that."

"Don't do something that someone else can do. Do something only you can do."

"Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to read all of the internalpassages in the Library of Congress one by one."

"The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from."

"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."

"I always try to push the boundaries of what's possible."

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to venture beyond them."

"You manage things; you lead people."

"Never fall in love with an idea."

"Programming should be fun, and our tools should inspire joy, not frustration."

"I used to program in Autocoder, and I used to punch cards, but I wanted to create something better."

"Data is just a pile of bits until you give it meaning."

"We are all inventors; we should all be proud to invent something new."

"The future will be as different from our present as ours is from the Middle Ages."

"Humans are allergic to change. They think about things the way they have always thought about them."

"Whether we like it or not, we are moving toward a single world culture."

"Failure is an option; it is the only way to get ahead."

"Teaching what you love is the most rewarding work there is."

"We are teaching our students to read without understanding."