8 quotes found
"I failed early and I failed often. This is one of the secrets of success, Failure is the best mentor, because humans tend to move on if they do not fail, as if there is nothing more to explore."
"I graduated high school with a GPA of 2.3. I was not getting into a top university with this score and I was forced to rethink and reexamine my choices."
"I had to create my own ideas, and those were created by success as well as misfires. I am not afraid of change, rather embrace it. Change means growth."
"I feel that STEM is the great democratizer. I credit my engineering degree to my ability to embrace analytical thinking as a skill and apply it to problems and turn that into an enterprise that has made me who I am today."
"Things like that do not happen to those who are perfect, but rather to those who are persistent, confident, and move with purpose."
"Although my concept of balance in life might not align with what people perceive – as I think it varies according to the stage of life – nevertheless I believe it is very important for one to reinforce positive ideas each day, and this is what I do every morning for an hour early in the morning."
"So yes, inspiration goes both ways, and mentorship of girls and women really matters; it turns them into successful people."
"I know what it feels to be hungry, broke, or scared. I knew these feelings earlier on; I learned to build on my feelings to create a space of growth and success."