Ruth Handler

"Happiness is found in the present moment."

"Gratitude is the antidote to despair."

"Create boldly, apologize never."

"Perseverance is the bridge to success."

"Solitude is not loneliness; it's reflection."

"Relationships thrive on authenticity."

"Education is the greatest investment."

"Knowledge without action is just information."

"We are not afraid of death; we are afraid of not living."

"Girls are supposed to have choices. I wanted to give them choices."

"I always believed that a girl's imagination was her greatest asset."

"Why should boys have all the fun? Why can't a doll be anything she wants to be?"

"Every girl deserves to see herself in the toys she plays with."

"The world needs dreamers, and dreamers need dolls that dream too."

"I didn't invent Barbie to make her like everyone else. I invented her to make her different."

"A woman can be a doctor, an astronaut, a president. Why not in plastic?"

"Play is the foundation of imagination, and imagination is the foundation of everything."

"I believed in the future when others didn't believe in me."

"You don't change the world by accepting what is. You change it by imagining what could be."

"A girl playing with Barbie isn't just playing. She's practicing being herself."

"The most important thing a toy can teach is that you can be anything."

"I wanted every little girl to look at Barbie and see her own potential."

"Life is too short to make dolls that bore you."

"Beauty isn't about being perfect. It's about being true to yourself."

"I created Barbie because I saw something the toy industry was missing: girls themselves."

"Success isn't about how many dolls you sell. It's about how many lives you touch."

"A child's imagination is sacred. Never underestimate its power."

"I learned that people don't resist change—they resist being changed."

"Every girl should have a doll that shows her she can be the hero of her own story."

"Time moves forward, and so should our ideas about what girls can be."