All Quotes

"What has kept me going? Hard work, Perseverance and most of all, I have great passion for acting."

"Success is about “setting a goal, reaching it, and starting the process all over again with an equal sense of purpose and enthusiasm."

"Ideas that significantly improve or fill a void in our space and are supported by analytics for continuous measurement."

"Whatever book keeps you fueled to continue on your entrepreneurial journey with enthusiasm is the one I’d recommend."

"The inspiration for O Analytics is life and business operation improvements using various technologies. It started with having thoughts that we wished that something existed to make an aspect of life, a process, or a product – better; and then actually acting on it."

"Providing services, designing products and/or use of services and products. Subject matter expertise is a needed service in a number of areas such as computing, computation, scientific exploration, design validation, evaluation and assessment."

"We identify and target innovation resources with designated research areas that seek an experienced team to affirm feasibility of a concept and/or to advance to develop a conceptual prototype. Then there is team idea conversion to products and services of value in the same or similar space. This is a composite revenue model that has a core set of capability and customers."

"You have to first define profitability for your company. If during the initial period of operation you have enough resources to seed new ideas and products, then you can consider your company profitable for the composite revenue model."

"The point at which your net operation is above and beyond that ‘composite’ breakeven point, you can consider your company profitable. The timeline will vary greatly depending on the investment/reinvestment goals (ex: what it costs to bring your products to the revenue generating point). Suggest development of this timeline before you get started and then make adjustments as needed."

"Thérèse of Lisieux was one of the sources of inspiration for the philosopher Henri Bergson during the final stage of his search, in which he found God thanks to the testimony of mystics."

"Christ does not even grant her [to Mary] the satisfactions of motherhood according to the flesh, however legitimate they may be."

"Mary shared the obscure condition of faith that is that of the other redeemed."

"It cannot be said that Mary's Redemption is of a different kind from ours, because it is the same redemption as Christ's, but in its supreme fulfillment and with its own modes of anticipation and perfection."

"If she is our queen, we too will reign with Christ; Mary is not superior to us except in being closer to us."

"Through the apparitions at Lourdes, Our Lady wanted to restore in us a love for the poor and for poverty, a love that is ingenious and liberating."

"Conversion: this is the word that most specifically expresses the meaning of pilgrimage."

"The events at Lourdes present an order, a harmony that becomes increasingly apparent as one delves deeper."

"Mass and the Body of Christ have become the very center of pilgrimage to Lourdes."

"The mid-19th century saw the triumph of the reign of money over the medieval reign of honor and traditions."

"The prayer of Bernadette is contagious."

"The Virgin [Mary] is the one in whom no sin has diminished love."

"Lourdes does not disappoint, even though miracles remain the exception there."

"We sinners oscillate dangerously between harshness and complicity towards others."

"There is no true love for the sinner without hatred for his sin."

"One cannot understand the sinner through sin, because sin is not a positive technique: in its essence it is deprivation, absence, nothingness; it is sin to the exact extent that it decapitates the good of the act performed. It is therefore not a factor of understanding but of obscurity."

"If heaven chooses what does not exist according to the world, it is not for the gratuitous pleasure of mocking the world."

"One is capable of mercy to the extent that one knows one is the object of mercy."

"I am not here by accident. And I am also not here solely because of my own efforts. I lead because the legacy of Alcorn’s past has enabled me to envision the promise of our future."

"It takes courage to break a ceiling – it also requires a willing community who sees that shattered glass as a new floor and not a mess."

"I fondly remember gracing this beautiful campus as a student years ago and am forever grateful for the solid foundation it has provided me,” she says. “My life experience and career in higher education has provided me with the tools and skills needed to serve and lead this campus successfully."

"But we never stopped moving forward, thanks to the extraordinary efforts and steadfast resilience of our students, faculty and staff, while keeping our community safe."

"It is my responsibility to ensure we are visible in the spaces, places and with people that are decision-makers so that there is an appreciation for not only the historical but the future relevance of Alcorn."

"IT is now a ubiquitous presence in the lives of students, faculty and staff alike. A modern IT infrastructure is critical as it adds significant value to academic programs and efficiencies to administrative processes,” she explains. “The evaluation and transformation of Alcorn State University’s network infrastructure, wi-fi access, telecommunications and classroom-based technologies are critical components for ongoing success."

"You must see every challenge not as an obstacle, but as an opportunity to be a beacon of light and hope for others who may not have that same uplifting experience. Simply put: do good and be good"

"I got into the STEM field because I started working as a secretary and fell in love with Information Technology."

"I also saw for myself whilst working as a secretary that, all the IT consultants were really being paid well."

"As a secretary i was earning only 10% of the salary of an IT Consultant, so i made used of the technology tools available and slowly with the guide of some professionals, i got equipped with the right technology skill sets and within months, I established a career in STEM."

"Being named as one of the 100 inspirational women in the world by BBC in 2015 is a great achievement."

"Being a co winner of the Reach for Change and Tigo’s Digital Change maker’s award in 2016 is another achievement."

"Empowering over 10,000 elementary school children with basic programming skills in Ghana directly or indirectly is another great achievement."

"When i started family, it was difficult to put projects together without interruptions."

"I had to work extra hours both day and night to make up."

"As a founder of an NGO, we mostly rely on support both in cash and kind to expand to many other communities."

"We lack a lot of resources that can enable us to scale and tinker a lot."

"We have learnt to overcome them by introducing more computer science unplugged activities."

"My advice is that girls must ignore pressure to pursue a different field."

"They must capitalize on technology to learn new skills or improve on their skills."

"Technology is reinventing the world."

"Kids need new skills to prepare them for a successful career in the future but the current ICT (Information Communications Technology) curriculum does not include them which is quite alarming."

"This is where Ghana Code Club comes in."