Janice Bryant Howroyd Quotes
28 quotes from Janice Bryant Howroyd — Founder and CEO of ActOne Group, the largest privately held, minority-woman-owned personnel company in the US ($3B+ rev….
“When I founded my business, I did not have the technology that I employ today to help immediate success as well as strategic success. All I had was a brain, a phone and a phonebook.”
“The advantage of technology has given so much to the business world. I think it does require a very careful, and in some terms, actually artful attention to utilizing technology in a smart way.”
“Forgive yourself for being a smart Black woman.”
“You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you learn.”
“Success is not just about what you accomplish in your life, it's about what you inspire others to do.”
“I believe that if you can see it, you can be it.”
“Your identity is your greatest asset.”
“Diversity is not just a metric; it's a mindset.”
“The road to success is always under construction.”
“Every day is a new opportunity to make a difference.”
“Empowerment is about giving people the tools to succeed.”
“You have to be willing to take risks to achieve greatness.”
“I wish someone had told me that I could forgive myself for being a smart Black woman.”
“You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way to learn.”
“To be a successful entrepreneur, you must be willing to take risks and embrace change.”
“I believe that every challenge is an opportunity in disguise.”
“Your identity is your greatest asset. Own it.”
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
“Empowerment is about creating opportunities for others.”
“In business, you must be both a dreamer and a doer.”
“Never let anyone tell you that you can't do something.”
“On the first day of class, I listened to my teacher explain why Africans were so well suited to slavery and how we'd be much poorer as a society if we went any further with this affirmative action.”
“Never compromise who you are personally to become who you wish to be professionally. It is very difficult to pay yourself back for any moment you've cheated yourself from living life truthfully to who you are.”
“I've never once doubted that I could achieve what I set out to do, because I framed my goals around principles and values that I could be comfortably aggressive about and sustainably enduring about.”
“Never compromise who you are personally to become who you wish to be professionally.”
“Janice Bryant Howroyd is an African American female of a certain age. You add that formula up and it's a formula designed for failure, right? I'm not supposed to be sitting here having this conversation with you. Then again, yes I am.”
“The most important person in the room is the person you're speaking with. Not the most powerful person, the biggest client, or the CEO. The correct answer is the person you're speaking with.”
“Balance isn't levered by you alone. You got to be thoughtful that somebody else is winning along with you.”
