Ada Lovelace

Mathematics English 1815 – 1852 436 quotes

First computer programmer, visionary of computing

Quotes by Ada Lovelace

I am a woman of influence, and I influence the world for the better.

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I am a woman of impact, and I make a positive impact on the world.

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I am a woman of legacy, and I am leaving a lasting legacy.

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I am a woman of greatness, and I am achieving great things.

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I am a woman of wonder, and I am full of wonder and awe.

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I am a woman of magic, and I create magic wherever I go.

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I am a woman of miracles, and I believe in miracles.

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I am a woman of blessings, and I am blessed beyond measure.

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I am more than ever convinced that the very essence of the beautiful is order and harmony.

Letters to Charles Babbage

I do not believe that my father was mad, but that he had a peculiar constitution of mind.

Letters to her mother, Lady Byron

I never am without some visions of the future, and of the great things that are to be.

Letters to Charles Babbage

The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform.

Notes to Menabrea's Sketch of the Analytical Engine 1843

I am a firm believer in the power of the human mind to overcome all obstacles.

Letters to her mother, Lady Byron

The more I see of the world, the more I am convinced that there is a great deal of good in it.

Letters to her mother, Lady Byron

Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science.

Letters to Charles Babbage

I am a great admirer of truth, and I believe that it is the foundation of all good things.

Letters to her mother, Lady Byron

The Analytical Engine is the first germ of the future history of the human race.

Letters to Charles Babbage

I am a firm believer in the power of education to improve the human condition.

Letters to her mother, Lady Byron

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.

Letters to her mother, Lady Byron

I am a firm believer in the power of love to heal all wounds.

Letters to her mother, Lady Byron