Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.

Grace Hopper

I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.

Grace Hopper

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law!

Grace Hopper

The most damaging phrase in the language is: `It's always been done that way.'

Grace Hopper

It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.

Grace Hopper

No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that.

Grace Hopper

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

Grace Hopper

You manage things; you lead people.

Grace Hopper

I've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege and honor of serving very proudly in the United States Navy.

Grace Hopper

From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it.

Grace Hopper

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

Grace Hopper

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can.

Grace Hopper