Reshma Saujani Quotes

Work on something that matters. Have courage.

It's so easy to do things you like. But then, the thing is, when you're afraid of something, face it; go for it. You become a better human being.

Oh, I must be ambitious, mustn't I? I'm sure I always have been. I think you can only get away with pretending you're not for so long. After that, it becomes ridiculous.

When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, I need more out of my life and I need to push myself harder. And if at the end of the day I don't have it, then I don't have it, but at least I'm going to put myself out there. If I fail, I'm going to fail terrifically.

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.

A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

I don't see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, 'I'ma do that,' and they do it. That's it. There's no scientifical process.

If you have something that you know is important to you and vital to you... then this will perhaps help people understand the importance of confronting it and being brave about it.

Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

What is the one-sentence summary of how you change the world? Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!

If you're bored, it's because someone else is fulfilling his dream. Become a bore. It's the most interesting thing you'll ever do.

If you got talent, you just have to do you.

I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

I say, 'Be brave. Do it even if your ankles shake, because they will.'

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

Worry about going out there and making your own legacy.

I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.

I came across the idea of running towards the things that frighten you. Once you go and do it, you realise that the fear of it is far more powerful than actually doing it.

I did not want to later look back in my life and say, 'Why would you not make times change?'