Top 36 Quotes by Ginni Rometty

You define yourself by either what your clients want or what you believe they'll need for the future. So: Define yourself by your client, not your competitor.

As I say to our own team: 'Never protect your past, never define yourself by a single product, and always continue to steward for the long-term. Keep moving towards the future.'

I think, given who the IBM target company is, I feel our purpose is to be essential to our clients.

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

Growth and comfort do not coexist.

I've been head of strategy at IBM and together with my colleagues built our five-year plan. My priorities are going to be to continue to execute on that.

To me, I learned along the way, you know, culture is behavior. That's all it is; culture is people's behaviors.

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

If you're clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market.

You make the right decision for the long run. You manage for the long run, and you continue to move to higher value. That's what I think my job is.