Carly Fiorina Quotes

My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.
Carly Fiorina

Mom, Power, Strength

When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.
Carly Fiorina

Angry, May, Happen

The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.
Carly Fiorina

Life, Truth, Mistakes

People who don't fit the mold are treated differently than those who do.
Carly Fiorina

Fit, Treated, Mold

You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.
Carly Fiorina

Art, Heart, Head

I love being a woman. I like dressing up; I love buying shoes.
Carly Fiorina

Love, Woman, Shoes

This world is clearly emerging before our eyes. The shifts ahead, the opportunities ahead are massive.
Carly Fiorina

Eyes, Before, Ahead

I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it for a woman. I'm disappointed to have to say that, but I think it's undeniably true.
Carly Fiorina

Men, Respect, True

Well, I've been a Republican for all of my voting life.
Carly Fiorina

Life, Voting, Republican

People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth.
Carly Fiorina

Small, Cannot, Worth

Look, I'm a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can't get insurance.
Carly Fiorina

Great, Personal, Cancer

When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.
Carly Fiorina

Change, Real, Mean

A leader's most important decisions are about people. Who do you put in which jobs? How long do you leave them in a job?
Carly Fiorina

Job, Important, Long

Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if you're running a business, it's true if you're trying to help on a campaign.
Carly Fiorina

Work, Business, True

I don't take on a fight just for a fight. I don't tilt at windmills.
Carly Fiorina

I started out typing and filing and answering the phones for a little nine-person firm. And that nine-person firm gave me my chance to find my own way.
Carly Fiorina

Find, Chance, Started

I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
Carly Fiorina

Politics, Before, Playing

If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.
Carly Fiorina

Decisions, Process, Flawed

If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited.
Carly Fiorina

Someone, Become, Race

Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
Carly Fiorina

Arrogant, Washington

There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore.
Carly Fiorina

Job, America, Anymore

You know, I'm very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements that I've received.
Carly Fiorina

Proud, Number, Large

A boardroom is a collection of individuals, and individuals have varying motives, egos, agendas and qualifications. Sometimes the dynamics can go off track.
Carly Fiorina

Sometimes, Off, Motives

A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.
Carly Fiorina

Hard, Off, Against

A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.
Carly Fiorina

Respect, Experience, Woman

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businesswoman

Born: September 6, 1954

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