Ginni Rometty Quotes & Sayings

“The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It's this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an innovation company.”

“Today when I think about diversity, I actually think about the word 'inclusion.' And I think this is a time of great inclusion. It's not men, it's not women alone. Whether it's geographic, it's approach, it's your style, it's your way of learning, the way you want to contribute, it's your age - it is really broad.”

“Don't let others define you. You define yourself.”

“Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it's a really good thing to remember.”

“You have to stick up for what you believe in. And that, to me, is the biggest thing you can do about driving inclusion.”

“Every day I get to 'Think' and work on everything from digitizing electric grids so they can accommodate renewable energy and enable mass adoption of electric cars, helping major cities reduce congestion and pollution, to developing new micro-finance programs that help tiny businesses get started in markets such as Brazil, India, Africa.”

“Never love something so much that you can't let go of it.”

“Growth and comfort do not coexist.”

“I think 'Actions speak louder than words' is one thing, I think, I always took from my mom. And to this day, I think about that in everything I do.”

“I always say, you know, if I sit here and close my eyes and say, 'When did I learn the most in my life, in my career?' It'll always be when I close them and everything I think of is when I took a risk. It's when I think I learned the most.”