Reshma Saujani

I've been a female activist since the time I was 13 years old.

— Reshma Saujani

I always say if you're not failing, you're not trying.

— Reshma Saujani

If you haven't failed yet, you haven't tried anything.

— Reshma Saujani

You're never too young or too old to be a mentor.

— Reshma Saujani

Fail fast, fail hard, fail often.

— Reshma Saujani

When I was 33 years old, I ran for United States Congress in New York City. I lost miserably.

— Reshma Saujani

I've chosen opportunities where I might fail rather than live in the shadow of my own potential.

— Reshma Saujani

'Fail hard, fail fast, fail often. It's the key to success.' This one I learned from experience!

— Reshma Saujani

It's important to find people who believe in you. You also have to find people that you believe in.

— Reshma Saujani

I had to learn how to not be a micro-manager. Maternity leave made me do that. I just couldn't anymore.

— Reshma Saujani

When I'm in the best physical shape of my life, I'm in the best professional space. I can track the connection between…

— Reshma Saujani

We can't think of any better way of becoming our best selves, than by finding something we're great at!

— Reshma Saujani

I'm not pro-Wall Street or anti-Wall Street. I'm pro-New York City.

— Reshma Saujani

All that time I spent chasing Yale was time I could have been using to actually make a difference in the world.…

— Reshma Saujani

Embracing failure is the most important trait I've developed in my career. I have tried to learn from my failures, and I…

— Reshma Saujani

I want women to be comfortable with being imperfect. I immediately see how girls are afraid to try things that they won't…

— Reshma Saujani

We're being told that America is a zero sum game - that the dreams of immigrants come at the expense of those…

— Reshma Saujani

For over a decade, the top 1% of income earners have seen their pay skyrocket, riding a wave of lobbyist-sponsored financial de-regulation.…

— Reshma Saujani

You still hear this perception that boys are good at math and girls are not, and it's not cool and it's not…

— Reshma Saujani

I wanted to become a lawyer because I saw Kelly McGillis on 'The Accused.' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'L.A. Law,' 'Ally McBeal' - all…

— Reshma Saujani

There has been little to no attention from policymakers to the economic inequalities young people face. Instead of job creation policies, our…

— Reshma Saujani

In the '80s, society created a caricature of what a hacker or a programmer looked like: a guy wearing a hoodie, drinking…

— Reshma Saujani

If our American women are going to work to put food on the table and pay for the mortgage, then we better…

— Reshma Saujani

Coding, it's an endless process of trial and error, of trying to get the right command in the right place, with sometimes…

— Reshma Saujani

I think for a certain demographic of American families that are not living below the poverty line, what is now becoming the…

— Reshma Saujani

There is a seductive simplicity in Donald Trump's vision to build walls and ban refugees to protect American interests. But we must…

— Reshma Saujani

As women, we're presented this false choice that is either our children or our work. But I don't think I fully understood…

— Reshma Saujani

My family was one of the few South Asian families in my community in Illinois. Growing up in the '80s, I remember…

— Reshma Saujani

For so long, women have been waiting to get recognized. The world doesn't work that way. We need to teach girls that…

— Reshma Saujani

I don't like to do small things. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to really make an impact.

— Reshma Saujani

Girls Who Code is all about providing role models. You can't be what you can't see.

— Reshma Saujani

There's no more powerful lesson than knowing that your setbacks will one day help you succeed.

— Reshma Saujani

Too many times we just think about our ideas, and we let people convince us not to do it.

— Reshma Saujani

Theoretically, I have no business starting an organization called Girls Who Code, because I don't code.

— Reshma Saujani

Teach one girl how to code, she'll teach four. The replication effect is so powerful.

— Reshma Saujani

I'm a feminist with a capital 'F' and have always had a passion for policy.

— Reshma Saujani

The culture of tech companies cannot change if women aren't in the room.

— Reshma Saujani

For me, if I'm away from my son for more than 48 hours, I'm crabby.

— Reshma Saujani

I think as automation gets even more and more prevalent, we're going to need to learn how to code. Everybody does.

— Reshma Saujani

You really never know where your path will lead you, but working with technology was truly the best way I could make…

— Reshma Saujani