“If you do your best, nobody can ask you to do it over again.”

Katherine Johnson United States

“Follow your passion. Whatever you're doing, do your best at all times and make it as correct as possible.”

Katherine Johnson United States

“Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.”

Katherine Johnson United States

“You learn if you want to. So you've got to want to learn.”

Katherine Johnson United States

“I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed … anything that could be counted, I did.”

Katherine Johnson United States

“I went to work every day for 33 years happy. Never did I get up and say I don't want to go to work.”

Katherine Johnson United States

“In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.”

Wangari Maathai Kenya

“It is not just perpetrators of violence who are responsible for their crimes, it is also those who choose to look the other way.”

Denis Mukwege DR Congo

“I sincerely hope that this first one will inspire the young generations of developing countries with the knowledge that it is possible to contribute to world science and technology.”

Ahmed Zewail Egypt