Ruth Handler

"I didn't ask permission to change the toy industry. I just did it."

"A doll is just plastic until a child's imagination brings her to life."

"The truth is, girls don't want to be perfect. They want to be free."

"I believed in Barbie before anyone else did, and that belief changed everything."

"Work is what you do when you're pursuing something you truly believe in."

"Adventure starts with a single dream and the courage to follow it."

"I wanted to show girls that their value wasn't in their appearance, but in their possibilities."

"The world told me my doll was wrong. I knew it was right."

"Fear is the enemy of progress. I chose progress."

"Every doll I made carried a promise: you can be anything."

"I learned that patience and persistence are the parents of success."

"A girl with imagination is a girl with unlimited potential."

"The most revolutionary thing a toy can do is believe in a child's future."

"I didn't make Barbie for the children of today. I made her for the women of tomorrow."

"Gratitude for small victories kept me going when the world said no."

"Technology changes, trends fade, but a child's right to imagine never does."

"I learned that the best way to predict the future is to create it."

"Every girl deserves a mirror that shows her unlimited potential."

"I was told dolls should be babies. I created dreams instead."

"The courage to be different is the most important thing I could teach."

"I believed that love—real love—means wanting someone to be everything they can be."

"Success tastes sweeter when you've had to fight for it."

"A mother's greatest gift to her daughter is believing she can be anything."

"I learned more from my failures than from anyone's instructions."

"The world doesn't need more dolls. It needs more girls who believe in themselves."

"I created Barbie with hope that one day, every girl would see herself in her."

"Peace comes from knowing you did what you believed was right."

"Nature teaches us that growth requires change, and change requires courage."

"I wanted Barbie to be a history book written in plastic and paint."

"Every girl is an artist painting her own future."