A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.

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"If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it."

- Grace Hopper

Leadership

"If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it."

- Grace Hopper

Leadership

"It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission."

- Grace Hopper

Forgiveness

"The most dangerous phrase in our language is 'we've always done it this way.'"

- Grace Hopper

Change

"If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission."

- Grace Hopper

Taking Risks

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

Courage

"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."

- Tracee Ellis Ross

Courage

"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Courage

"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

Courage