“I wasn't trying to be a pioneer or make history. I was just doing what I loved and following my passions.”
"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
"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"
- President Boyd K. Packer
Ambition
"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain
Ambition
"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."
- David Ogilvy
Ambition
"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."
- Billie Jean King
Ambition
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
Ambition