"Don't get discouraged, and don't let other people define your potential. In high school, when I told my guidance counselor that I wanted to apply to Harvard, she said that was an unrealistic expectation. My parents and others encouraged me to apply anyway, and I became the first person from my high school to ever attend Harvard. So hold onto your dreams, even when others try to diminish them. And think big"

““Should you even consider taking risks in an environment where the economy might be slowing down? Throughout my career, I’ve found it very important to have a mindset that says I have to keep taking chances, because that’s how you learn, that’s how you develop and that’s how you grow,””

““There’s no question that there are barriers, people who are going to try to make us feel badly about our prospects, people who are going to say it’s not a glass ceiling, it’s a concrete ceiling and you’re never going to overcome it, you’re never going to get there,””

““Don’t let other people’s diminished expectations for you be the truth about your life,””

“One of the things you have to trade off is how much time you're going to have for personal thing”

“Our efforts involve reaching out to people,", "making sure that they know who we are, and that we're interested in them”

“when you can take things you learn in a business environment and apply them in a pro-bono context”