“You don’t just awaken one day and find yourself a genius in your field. It takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and sometimes going against societal norms.”
"Men don’t pay attention to small things."
- Katherine Johnson
Awareness
"You are no better than anyone else, and no one is better than you."
- Katherine Johnson
Belief
"There’s nothing to it; I was just doing my job."
- Katherine Johnson
Integrity
"I found that as long as I conducted myself with professionalism and proved my worth through my work, people would eventually ignore the barriers of race and gender."
- Katherine Johnson
Integrity
"You can change people’s perceptions by breaking barriers and proving them wrong with your accomplishments."
- Katherine Johnson
Courage
"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."
- Unknown
Hard Work
"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
- Thomas Jefferson
Hard Work
"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."
- Harry Golden
Hard Work
"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."
- Michael Larsen
Hard Work
"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
- Colin Powell
Hard Work