Grace Hopper

"Believe and you will become. Doubt and you will fail."

"Your most productive years are ahead of you, no matter what your age."

"Technology changes, but human nature doesn't."

"The purpose of computation is insight, not numbers."

"In the future, we will be able to build machines that can think for themselves."

"I've learned that machines are infinitely patient and infinitely stupid."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"I don't care how smart you are. If you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will."

"Our responsibility is to make the invisible visible and the complicated simple."

"Nobody is ever responsible for all the things in your life. You have to take that responsibility yourself."

"One of the quickest ways to learn is to observe how others have succeeded."

"The beauty of a system is in how simply it solves complex problems."

"Language shapes the way we think and determines what we can think about."

"I tell myself that I am ninety years old, and I still have a lot of things to do."

"We must recognize that we are not born with all the knowledge we need for life."

"The world is constantly changing, and we must change with it or become obsolete."

"The greatest inventions often come from someone who didn't know it was impossible."

"If you can reason with it, it is a computer. If you can't, you don't understand what a computer is."

"I have always believed that you should have conviction in your ideas and the courage to pursue them."

"The future will be shaped by those who have the courage to dream differently."

"You don't manage people; you lead them. You manage things."

"The secret to my success is that I chose not to choose success for myself."

"Never mind who said it first. Is it true? Is it important? Will it make a difference?"

"Programming is fun and it's creative, but it requires you to think in new ways."

"The computer doesn't really care what language you speak to it."

"If you understand something, you can explain it simply. If you can't, you don't understand it."

"I wanted to create a universal language for computers, but I had to learn to speak their language first."

"The biggest challenge in any organization is getting people to think differently."

"I started out in a time when women were not expected to do much of anything."

"You have to start somewhere, and starting is the most important part."