Ursula Burns Quotes

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• As Ive progressed in my career, Ive come to appreciate -- and really value -- the other attributes that define a companys success beyond the…
• Believe that there are no limitations, no barriers to your success --- you will be empowered and you will achieve.
• I’m an advocate for change and eager to break a little glass when needed,
• Where you are is not who you are
• You don’t have to be at every volleyball game. We can’t guilt ourselves.
• I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.
• My perspective comes in part from being a New York black lady, in part from being an engineer. I know I'm smart and have opinions…
• The world is changing. We all know this. And as that world changes, if you don't transform your company, you're stuck.
• The best way to change it is to do it, right? And then after a while you become it, and it's easy.
• I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a…
• I want to stop transforming and just start being.
• My mother raised us to think that if we worked hard, and if we put our end of the bargain in, it would work out…
• Unlike people, companies outlive their founders and their leaders.
• My mother was pragmatic, focused and extremely, exceedingly practical, and she was the ultimate self-determining person.
• CEOs resign when the internal dynamics of the company and the external dynamics of the company actually come together to say it is appropriate. When…
• Impatience is a virtue.
• I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I…
• This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to…
• Admiration takes on a whole new level when you appreciate just how complex it is to run a modern business.

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